Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 7Pub. for J. Hinton., 1750 |
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... a fuperftitious fear , to throw a dart or shoot an arrow that way , left they fhould kill fome of thofe animal deities . By this time Pammenitus had raised a nu- ing before Cyprus , beat the Perfian , fleet , For JULY , 5 1750 .
... a fuperftitious fear , to throw a dart or shoot an arrow that way , left they fhould kill fome of thofe animal deities . By this time Pammenitus had raised a nu- ing before Cyprus , beat the Perfian , fleet , For JULY , 5 1750 .
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... fhould revolt in his favour ; which fo enraged the people , that they fet fire to his palace , forced him to fly to Cyprus to fave himself , and pulled down his fta- tues , and defaced his images : which he pretended to lay to the ...
... fhould revolt in his favour ; which fo enraged the people , that they fet fire to his palace , forced him to fly to Cyprus to fave himself , and pulled down his fta- tues , and defaced his images : which he pretended to lay to the ...
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... fhould fet his felicities against each other , he would fee caufe enough to pronounce himself unhap- py : yet , perhaps , he might be ac- counted happy by fome other man ; who , perhaps , if he had been but three days in poffeffion of ...
... fhould fet his felicities against each other , he would fee caufe enough to pronounce himself unhap- py : yet , perhaps , he might be ac- counted happy by fome other man ; who , perhaps , if he had been but three days in poffeffion of ...
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... fhould efcape the bigger , which look upon them as their prey , and are con- tinually in purfuit of them . But this weak race are swifter in their courfe than the others . They creep into places where the low water will not ad- mit of ...
... fhould efcape the bigger , which look upon them as their prey , and are con- tinually in purfuit of them . But this weak race are swifter in their courfe than the others . They creep into places where the low water will not ad- mit of ...
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... fhould build them ? What ma- thematician has given them the figure of them ? What architect has taught them to chufe a firm place , and to build upon a folid foundation ? What ten- der mother has advifed them to cover the bottom with a ...
... fhould build them ? What ma- thematician has given them the figure of them ? What architect has taught them to chufe a firm place , and to build upon a folid foundation ? What ten- der mother has advifed them to cover the bottom with a ...
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