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On the 25th at half-past seven in the morning we saw the Island Maitea, called Osnaburg by Captain Wallis, who first discovered it.
A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship William Bligh 1785
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A coarse Osnaburg frock did not hide two well shaped feet that pressed the soiled blanket.
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The woman had made an effort to 'spruce up' for the interview, by putting on a clean white neckerchief, and a bran new pair of brogans, but she still wore the tattered red and yellow turban, and the thin, coarse Osnaburg gown, clean, but patched in many places -- in which she was arrayed when bending over the wash kettle.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Mrs. Lory, is a member of the non-conformist church in Osnaburg, Stark
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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Also a negroe fellow named Sambo, of the Guinea country, five feet four inches high, twenty or twenty-five years of age, pitted a little with the small pox; has on a check shirt, a white cloth sailor jacket, with black binding, and a pair of Osnaburg trowsers.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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Mrs. Lory, is a member of the non-conformist church in Osnaburg, Stark
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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It began in the country of the Marsi, and extended to Paderborn, Osnaburg, and Munster, between the _Ems_ and the _Luppia_.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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[175] Before this migration, the Chamavi were settled on the Ems, where at present are Lingen and Osnaburg; the Angrivarii, on the Weser (Visurgis), where are Minden and Schawenburg.
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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ANGRIVARIANS, a German people, situate on the west side of the Weser, near _Osnaburg_ and _Minden_.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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The town of Osnaburg, in Germany, made the fabric first.
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