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The objeds of moft importance being of courfe thofe which are feated neareft to the metropolis, all the moft laborious part of the inveftigatioo is already executed; and we think that Mr.L. deferves peculiar credit for the clearnefs and accuracy with which he traces an biftorical point, relative either to a public foundation, or to a matter of private property, through all the viciffitudes of the times.
The Monthly Review 1795
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Every where, little ftreams of chryftal clearnefs wandered filently among the mofs and turf, which half concealed their pro - grefs, or daftied over the rocks; aiid, acrofs the fargeft, ftieep-bridges of flat ftone were thrown, to prevent the flocks from being carried away in attempting to pafs them in winter.
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But for greater clearnefs and certainty, a more exprefs revelation was aftervvards made to Jacob; and the land of Caftaan, a numerous progeny, and the blefling all nations, were promifed to him in particular.
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In order to read hiftory with pcrfed: clearnefs, geo - graphy muft go hand in hand.
The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for ... 1794
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It will give more clearnefs therefore, and brightnefs to your colouring, to ufe fimple pigments, of which there are great abun - dance in the painter's difpenfatory.
Three Essays: On Picturesque Beauty; On Picturesque Travel; And on Sketching ... 1792
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If the ftudy of infe6ls be of any utility, clearnefs and precifion in its purfuit are Well worthy our attention.
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Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may and do exift in total inde - pendence of it; and exift in much greater clearnefs, and in a much greater degree of abftra6t perfedtion: but their abftraft perfec - tion is their pradical defedt.
Reflections on the Revolution in France,: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London ... 1790
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J; e Second tine, and the ic latter end of the third t which keeps his meaning in obfeurity too long; and 'is contrary to the clearnefs of his ftyle.
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But our filk-weavers* are certainly worth his viliting, not only for the beau - ty of their works, and the curious contrivances of the looms for making them in fuch perfeftion, but be - caufe the clearnefs of the air is an advantage our wea* vers have over thofe of Spital-fields, in refpefl of fuch coloiu-s as fufFer by the fmoke of London.
A Walk in and about the City of Canterbury: With Many Observations Not Hitherto Described in Any ... 1779
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The boatmen informed us, that it had not floated for two years beforehand that it is feen at many feafons, by reafon of the clearnefs of the water, a great way from the furface in its action of rifing or fubfiding, as it is fa id frequently to defcend 'to and jefli upon the bottom of the lake; but it never mi its its ftation.
A tour through the island of Great Britain : divided into circuits or journies ... 1778
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