Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volumes 66-67Pub. for J. Hinton, 1780 |
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... night ; to make amends for which he rofe very early in the morning . The year before his death he was feized with a hectic , which brought him very low ; and then , contrary to his former cuftom , relapfing into night - ftudies , in ...
... night ; to make amends for which he rofe very early in the morning . The year before his death he was feized with a hectic , which brought him very low ; and then , contrary to his former cuftom , relapfing into night - ftudies , in ...
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... night . On the 22d of December , the Pretender landed at Peter - head , in the North of Scotland , with only six Gentlemen in his retinue ; among whom was the Marquis of Tinmouth , fon to the Duke of Berwick . The Pretender had imbarked ...
... night . On the 22d of December , the Pretender landed at Peter - head , in the North of Scotland , with only six Gentlemen in his retinue ; among whom was the Marquis of Tinmouth , fon to the Duke of Berwick . The Pretender had imbarked ...
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... night . Next day he left Dundee , and dined at Castle - Lyon , a feat of the Earl of Strathmore's , and lay that night at Sir David Tripling's , and on the 7th of January arrived at the palace of Scoon , the ancient place of the ...
... night . Next day he left Dundee , and dined at Castle - Lyon , a feat of the Earl of Strathmore's , and lay that night at Sir David Tripling's , and on the 7th of January arrived at the palace of Scoon , the ancient place of the ...
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... night . Its indefatigable nature , and its great power in catching fifh , were probably the motives that induced fome nations to breed this bird up tame , for the purpose of fish ing ; and Willoughby affures us , it was once ufed in ...
... night . Its indefatigable nature , and its great power in catching fifh , were probably the motives that induced fome nations to breed this bird up tame , for the purpose of fish ing ; and Willoughby affures us , it was once ufed in ...
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• He marched an army , in the middle of a dark night , in the time of peace , to the gates , applied fcaling - ladders to the ram- parts and walls , and having furprised the centinels , feveral hundreds of the Sa- voyard foldiers had ...
• He marched an army , in the middle of a dark night , in the time of peace , to the gates , applied fcaling - ladders to the ram- parts and walls , and having furprised the centinels , feveral hundreds of the Sa- voyard foldiers had ...
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