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Page 104
We learn from Port-Roya! in Jamaica, that on the 9th of October about noon, the
bngantine Polly, captain Derby, a transport, under convoy of the Cerberus, unf
itunately took sire in the hold just under the gun room, by drawing some mm,
which ...
We learn from Port-Roya! in Jamaica, that on the 9th of October about noon, the
bngantine Polly, captain Derby, a transport, under convoy of the Cerberus, unf
itunately took sire in the hold just under the gun room, by drawing some mm,
which ...
Page 241
The pleasure which Amram and Zeneide took in contemplating the noble piles of
building before them, and the serene beauties of the evening was soon
interrupted: they were seized suddenly by a band of armed men, who having
blindfolded ...
The pleasure which Amram and Zeneide took in contemplating the noble piles of
building before them, and the serene beauties of the evening was soon
interrupted: they were seized suddenly by a band of armed men, who having
blindfolded ...
Page 283
This threw the country of Bretagne into dreadful dissensions, which it took some "
time to appease; and while these troubles continued, the emperor Lewis II. died,
in the month of August, without having issue male, which occasioned a great ...
This threw the country of Bretagne into dreadful dissensions, which it took some "
time to appease; and while these troubles continued, the emperor Lewis II. died,
in the month of August, without having issue male, which occasioned a great ...
Page 337
At my return, I was introduced into a company of about half a score persons,
some of whom returned my general bow to them very cooly, but took no further
notice of me, and very few of them, as J soon perceived, much of one another.
At my return, I was introduced into a company of about half a score persons,
some of whom returned my general bow to them very cooly, but took no further
notice of me, and very few of them, as J soon perceived, much of one another.
Page 403
And Ibrahim, who was more hardy, ripped up his belly, from thence took out his
own bowels, and sewed up the wound. They then ordered a vessel to be brought,
where the parts so taken from each should be safely deposited, till the next day, ...
And Ibrahim, who was more hardy, ripped up his belly, from thence took out his
own bowels, and sewed up the wound. They then ordered a vessel to be brought,
where the parts so taken from each should be safely deposited, till the next day, ...
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