The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and AmusementRobinson and Roberts, 1770 - English literature |
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... fails , and the unicorn with him , being unable to get out his wea- pon , fo that both perish there toge- ther . Its fiftnefs and courage pre- ferve it fo well from all danger , that there is but one way of taking it , which according ...
... fails , and the unicorn with him , being unable to get out his wea- pon , fo that both perish there toge- ther . Its fiftnefs and courage pre- ferve it fo well from all danger , that there is but one way of taking it , which according ...
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... fail of being convinced . As to the wreathed horns which are frequently expofed as the horns of unicorns , and were formerly fold at an extravagant price , they are counterfeit , i . e . made of an elephant's tooth , wrought into that ...
... fail of being convinced . As to the wreathed horns which are frequently expofed as the horns of unicorns , and were formerly fold at an extravagant price , they are counterfeit , i . e . made of an elephant's tooth , wrought into that ...
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... fails on . 7. A mistake and to falute . 8. Putrefaction , and to impel with oars . 9 . The emblem of hope . 10. A place of birth and death , and a paffage over a river . 11. What failors often with for , and what every man defires to be ...
... fails on . 7. A mistake and to falute . 8. Putrefaction , and to impel with oars . 9 . The emblem of hope . 10. A place of birth and death , and a paffage over a river . 11. What failors often with for , and what every man defires to be ...
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... failed from hence the day before yefte day . The Act onna re , of 64 guns , ( one of the above feven ) was obliged to return , having loft her anchors and cables . Paris , Dec. 8. It is affured that M. de la Motte Piquet has put to fea ...
... failed from hence the day before yefte day . The Act onna re , of 64 guns , ( one of the above feven ) was obliged to return , having loft her anchors and cables . Paris , Dec. 8. It is affured that M. de la Motte Piquet has put to fea ...
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... fail for the Eaft Indies , with seven ships of war , five flutes , & c . Befides the legion of the Duc de Lauzun , he is to have 4000 troops with him . Hague , Jan. 4. They write from Petersburg , that her imperial majefty has ordered ...
... fail for the Eaft Indies , with seven ships of war , five flutes , & c . Befides the legion of the Duc de Lauzun , he is to have 4000 troops with him . Hague , Jan. 4. They write from Petersburg , that her imperial majefty has ordered ...
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