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The ex -.. treme poverty and mifery of the peafants, in the niidll of a delicious paradife, producing, in the greatell abundance, all the necelfaries and ele - gancies of life, imprefles one with pity, wonder,
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of ... 1797
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But it certainly did com - mence immediately with the apoflacy in paradife.
Analysis of researches into the origin and progress of historical time Walker, Robert, fl. 1796. [from old catalog] 1796
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The virtucs whereby the Tououpinambos believed they me - rited paradife, were revenge, and eating abundance of their enemies.
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And though all be paradife round In charming variety's drefs,
Poetic effusions; pastoral, moral, amatory, and descriptive Perfect, William, 1737-1809 1796
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But that purity and health, which rendered it the paradife of toti* quity, might eafily be reftored to the air of
Travels through various provinces of the kingdom of Naples, in 1789 1795
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It was the occafion of the lofs of paradife to our firft parents; it was what provoked the jufHce of God to drown a wicked world; and, after that, to deftroy a number of cities by fire from heaven.
Sermons: by the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Wilson, ... 1795
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From that time he remained for fome days under the di - rection of a prieft, who gave him inftruc - tions, received his cdnfeffions, granted him abfolution, adminiftered to him the laft fa - cramentSj craments, with the bleffing of the church, and left him in the full afTurance that, thus prepared, he fhould go immediately to paradife.
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I fomeri. nes get a fquint at the girls; —: hough if it was known, 1 fhould never fquint on this fide paradife again -
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I doubt even if paradife would be a paradife to me, uniefs it were fhared with you; and the fingle idea which your queftion excited, that we might one day be feparated, pierced my heart, and bathed my eyes with tears.
Posthumous pieces of ... John William de la Flechere, by M. Horne 1791
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Our author's work is a wild paradife, where if we cannot fee all the beauties fo diftinftly as in an ordered garden, it is only becaufe the number of them is infi - nitely greater.
The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson 1790
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