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Call first near the _Haunt_; if answered, stick about your _Lime-Straws_ (of which I have spoken before) a-cross in ranks two or three Lands, at some distance from you; then call again, and as they approach you, they are intercepted by the

The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing Robert Howlett

When he called "The Task," the cur-tain, which had been hung a-cross the plat-form end of the room, was pulled aside, and there sat

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Contact flying serves their purpose, but where a line is engaged on a scheduled daily operation a-cross the country, instrument 'flying must be engaged in.

Trans-Canada Air Lines 1938

By going a little farther North I may come a-cross one that is a good one.

Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, November 7, 1835 1835

This affair never comes a-cross me, but it makes me sigh.

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph 1767

I would even now set about my project if my health would allow me; but alas! my Cecilia, I am still so feeble, I am not able to sit up more than an hour or two at a time; and cannot walk a-cross my narrow room without help.

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph 1767

Mr. Warner called for a lighted taper, and throwing himself back in his chair with one leg crossed over the other, lighted his pipe with much composure, puffing large clouds of smoak a-cross Lady Sarah's nose, who sat at his right-hand.

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph 1767

Though they lived but at the distance of three miles from each other, yet as the road for carriages between the two houses, being a-cross one, was very bad, the ladies were often prevailed on, if they staid late, to lye a night at Mr. Faulkland's, and in consequence of this, Mr. Bond and the Major had frequently done the same when they were of the party.

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph 1767

The _Isle Riches_ lies off the East-end of the Isle of _Bois_, it is about a Mile in Circuit, and pretty high; on the East-side of it are some small Islands, and some sunken Rocks quite a-cross from the

Directions for Navigating on Part of the South Coast of Newfoundland, with a Chart Thereof, Including the Islands of St. Peter's and Miquelon And a Particular Account of the Bays, Harbours, Rocks, Land-marks, Depths of Water, Latitudes, Bearings, and Distances from Place to Place, the Setting of the Currents, and Flowing of the Tides, &c., from an Actual Survey, Taken by Order of Commodore Pallisser, Governor of Newfoundland, Labradore, &c. James Cook 1753

Above is the Shape of their Weirs, and the Manner of setting a Weir-Wedge, a-cross the Mouth of a Creek.

The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts 1722