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... head of a turkey cock , after it has been once fet a running , it will keep ftriding on the fame ftalking gait for feveral yards before it drops . The chafte mind , like a polished plane ,, may admit foul thoughts , without re ...
... head of a turkey cock , after it has been once fet a running , it will keep ftriding on the fame ftalking gait for feveral yards before it drops . The chafte mind , like a polished plane ,, may admit foul thoughts , without re ...
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... head and heart at your devotion , To - night our Bard brings forward a new motion , Opens his Budget in the following fcenes , And to your candour trufts his Ways and Means . Some efty Critic , with contemptuous fneer , Exclaims- " A ...
... head and heart at your devotion , To - night our Bard brings forward a new motion , Opens his Budget in the following fcenes , And to your candour trufts his Ways and Means . Some efty Critic , with contemptuous fneer , Exclaims- " A ...
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... eman- land at the head of an army flushed with fuccefs , and daily increafing in numbers as well as courage . To this * Commons Journal , page 179 . " force " force and thofe difficulties , the fortune " of 28 THE LONDON REVIEW ,
... eman- land at the head of an army flushed with fuccefs , and daily increafing in numbers as well as courage . To this * Commons Journal , page 179 . " force " force and thofe difficulties , the fortune " of 28 THE LONDON REVIEW ,
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... head of the first line , to the ene- my's artillery , quickly threw them into dif- order , and forced them to give way . But previously to this attack , Hyder had detached a strong body of difciplined infantry , with a fuitable train of ...
... head of the first line , to the ene- my's artillery , quickly threw them into dif- order , and forced them to give way . But previously to this attack , Hyder had detached a strong body of difciplined infantry , with a fuitable train of ...
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... head of the Mogul and Canara cavalry , made the first impreffion on the British lines , in the unfor- tunate action near Conjeveram . The En- glith General halted near the field of action , from inability to purfue the enemy . Our lofs ...
... head of the Mogul and Canara cavalry , made the first impreffion on the British lines , in the unfor- tunate action near Conjeveram . The En- glith General halted near the field of action , from inability to purfue the enemy . Our lofs ...
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