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... piece he induftriouly fought out a grand daughter of Milton's , oppref- fed both by age and poverty ; and procured her a benent from it , the profts of which amounted to a very comiderable fum . He was promoted by the king to a prei end ...
... piece he induftriouly fought out a grand daughter of Milton's , oppref- fed both by age and poverty ; and procured her a benent from it , the profts of which amounted to a very comiderable fum . He was promoted by the king to a prei end ...
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... piece of ancient history , in Brookes's Fool of Quality . DAMOT , a province of Abynia , fituated in the SW . part of that empire , about 40 miles long from N. to S. and ze broad from E. to W. ( 1. ) DAMP . adj . [ { dampe , Dut . ] 1 ...
... piece of ancient history , in Brookes's Fool of Quality . DAMOT , a province of Abynia , fituated in the SW . part of that empire , about 40 miles long from N. to S. and ze broad from E. to W. ( 1. ) DAMP . adj . [ { dampe , Dut . ] 1 ...
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... pieces , prove equally interefting , and captivate the fpec- tator by the charms of the most complete illufion . If ... piece of mu played .. It is conjectured by very eminent philo fophers , that all the fenfations and pathons t which ...
... pieces , prove equally interefting , and captivate the fpec- tator by the charms of the most complete illufion . If ... piece of mu played .. It is conjectured by very eminent philo fophers , that all the fenfations and pathons t which ...
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... piece of gold first coined by Darius the Mede , about A. A. C 538 ; probably during his ftay at Babylon , out o the vatt quantity of gold which had been accumu lated in the treatury . From thence the daric were difperled over the east ...
... piece of gold first coined by Darius the Mede , about A. A. C 538 ; probably during his ftay at Babylon , out o the vatt quantity of gold which had been accumu lated in the treatury . From thence the daric were difperled over the east ...
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... piece of rock or flint ; there another with a dart , arrow or lance . Peacham.- O'erwhelm'd with darts , which from afar the Aling , The weapons round his hollow temples ring . Dryden 2. [ In poetry . ] Any missile weapon . ( 2. ) DART ...
... piece of rock or flint ; there another with a dart , arrow or lance . Peacham.- O'erwhelm'd with darts , which from afar the Aling , The weapons round his hollow temples ring . Dryden 2. [ In poetry . ] Any missile weapon . ( 2. ) DART ...
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