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    Criticisms on The diversions of Purley . In a letter to Horne Tooke, Esq. By I. Cassander.

    | Bruckner, John 1726-1804. | Date: 1790
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    Historical and critical remarks on the British tongue and its connection with other languages founded on its state in the Welsh Bible . By Thomas Llewelyn Lld.

    | Llewellyn, Thomas ca. 1720-1783. | Date: 1769
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    The difference between an absolute and limited monarchy as it more particularly regards the English constitution. Being a treatise written by Sir John Fortescue, Kt. Lord Chief Justice, and Lord High Chancellor of England, under King Henry VI. Faithfully Transcribed from the MS. Copy in the Bodleian Library, and Collated with three other Mss. Publish'd with some remarks by Sir John Fortescue-Aland, Kt. One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Kings-Bench.

    | Fortescue, John Sir, 1394?-1476?. | Date: 1719
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