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playing upon the cullibility of the horses , I have too often known them . people . ”
P. 9 . fail in practice . " There calculations always fuppofe the horses
advantageously bought , in the first instance , quite DRAUGHT OXEN . suitable ,
and well ...
playing upon the cullibility of the horses , I have too often known them . people . ”
P. 9 . fail in practice . " There calculations always fuppofe the horses
advantageously bought , in the first instance , quite DRAUGHT OXEN . suitable ,
and well ...
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These people are known caster , and uncle to that king , on a to have penetrated
into almoft every { quare of glass , well painted , and in part of Africa . Much of the
Arab good preservation . ” P. 58 . features are visible in the countenance of a ...
These people are known caster , and uncle to that king , on a to have penetrated
into almoft every { quare of glass , well painted , and in part of Africa . Much of the
Arab good preservation . ” P. 58 . features are visible in the countenance of a ...
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Hawking -- 1 pire , which only ceased with the ac- Origin not well known - A
favourite cession of a new family to the throne : Anusement of the Saxons -- Edfor
though Ivan at his death left behind him two sons , yet the elder of them ward III ...
Hawking -- 1 pire , which only ceased with the ac- Origin not well known - A
favourite cession of a new family to the throne : Anusement of the Saxons -- Edfor
though Ivan at his death left behind him two sons , yet the elder of them ward III ...
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... inscribed in characters , perhaps but little known , or OF ECHOES ; HOW
PRODUCED ; ACnot sufficiently investigated : nevertheless , we cannot help
indulging the fond ABLE ECHOES , AND OF SOME PHEidea , that if our
travellers were to ...
... inscribed in characters , perhaps but little known , or OF ECHOES ; HOW
PRODUCED ; ACnot sufficiently investigated : nevertheless , we cannot help
indulging the fond ABLE ECHOES , AND OF SOME PHEidea , that if our
travellers were to ...
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P. 240 . might haye been known in England , ' tion , and among the rest the lord
was not much practifed until such time mayor of London and the sheriffs had as
inferior sets of cards , proportionably severally of them their lord of mifruie , cheap
...
P. 240 . might haye been known in England , ' tion , and among the rest the lord
was not much practifed until such time mayor of London and the sheriffs had as
inferior sets of cards , proportionably severally of them their lord of mifruie , cheap
...
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