Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volumes 66-67Pub. for J. Hinton, 1780 |
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... last war by Ame- rica alone . By what means has the ftrength of our navy , from that day to this , been increafing to its pretent amazing force Can it be justly imputed to any other than the fettlement of the Colonies , the variety and ...
... last war by Ame- rica alone . By what means has the ftrength of our navy , from that day to this , been increafing to its pretent amazing force Can it be justly imputed to any other than the fettlement of the Colonies , the variety and ...
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... last to be wedged in between two ramparts of high fteep rocks : the paf- fage is very narrow , and before the river gets out again into a broad bed and open ground , it almoft returns to the place where it entered the defile . On this ...
... last to be wedged in between two ramparts of high fteep rocks : the paf- fage is very narrow , and before the river gets out again into a broad bed and open ground , it almoft returns to the place where it entered the defile . On this ...
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... last at the island of O'why'ne , one of a group of new difcovered iflands , in the 22d degree of north latitude , in an affray with a nume- rous and tumultuous body of the natives . 1 Capt . Clerke adds , that he had received every ...
... last at the island of O'why'ne , one of a group of new difcovered iflands , in the 22d degree of north latitude , in an affray with a nume- rous and tumultuous body of the natives . 1 Capt . Clerke adds , that he had received every ...
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... last cart . They were at- tended by the Sheriffs , City Marshals , offi- cers , the ordinary of Newgate , & c . from Newgate to the place of execution . They behaved exceeding penitent , wept much , and were terribly agitated and ...
... last cart . They were at- tended by the Sheriffs , City Marshals , offi- cers , the ordinary of Newgate , & c . from Newgate to the place of execution . They behaved exceeding penitent , wept much , and were terribly agitated and ...
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... last night , and brought in with her the two following Dutch galliotts , burthen about one hundred and eighty tons each , first from Hamburgh , and last from the Texel , for Breft . De Jaffrow Anna , Garben Ages , master , laden with ...
... last night , and brought in with her the two following Dutch galliotts , burthen about one hundred and eighty tons each , first from Hamburgh , and last from the Texel , for Breft . De Jaffrow Anna , Garben Ages , master , laden with ...
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