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... opportunities of dismissing the turbulent and restless to distant employments.
The Spaniards have always an argument of irresistible persuasion. If France will
not support them against England, they will strengthen England against France.
... opportunities of dismissing the turbulent and restless to distant employments.
The Spaniards have always an argument of irresistible persuasion. If France will
not support them against England, they will strengthen England against France.
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... unsettled state of life, and the instability of property ; but in Scotland possession
has long been secure, and inheritance regular, yet it may be doubted whether
before the Union any man between Edinburgh and England had ever set a tree.
... unsettled state of life, and the instability of property ; but in Scotland possession
has long been secure, and inheritance regular, yet it may be doubted whether
before the Union any man between Edinburgh and England had ever set a tree.
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A dinner in the Western Islands differs very little from a dinner in England, except
that in the place of tarts, there are always set different preparations of milk. This
part of their diet will admit some improvement. Though they have milk, and eggs,
...
A dinner in the Western Islands differs very little from a dinner in England, except
that in the place of tarts, there are always set different preparations of milk. This
part of their diet will admit some improvement. Though they have milk, and eggs,
...
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There are in Sky neither rats nor mice, but the weasel is so frequent, that he is
heard in houses rattling behind chests or beds, as rats in England. They probably
owe to his predominance that they have no other vermin; for since the great rat ...
There are in Sky neither rats nor mice, but the weasel is so frequent, that he is
heard in houses rattling behind chests or beds, as rats in England. They probably
owe to his predominance that they have no other vermin; for since the great rat ...
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The payment of rent in kind has been so long disused in England, that it is totally
forgotten. It was practised very lately in the Hebrides, and probably still continues,
not only at St. Kilda, where money is not yet known, but in others of the smaller ...
The payment of rent in kind has been so long disused in England, that it is totally
forgotten. It was practised very lately in the Hebrides, and probably still continues,
not only at St. Kilda, where money is not yet known, but in others of the smaller ...
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