generality

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Nor is its Influence so great, as to corrupt the Morals of the Generality of the Nation.

From Modest Remarks upon the Bishop of London's Letter Concerning the Late Earthquakes by Anonymous

Amsterdam, March 31st, 1782,328 Mr Adams acknowledges the Resolution of the States of Holland and West Friesland, recommending his official reception by the Generality.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various

How ever, some of them have more Conveniencies, but the Generality has not.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

She never stood upon Formalities in point of Ceremonial with the Generality of the Ladies, but freely permitted them to come and visit her in a Scarf.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

The Generality of the French accuse him of having exhausted France, and sent away immense Sums to Foreign Countries.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von