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Tafte is not any where cultivated with fuch attention as at Lyons, The manu - fadhirers have at times employed more than a hundred pattern-drawers, whofe in - vention is unremittingly upon the ftretch, except when they obtain leave of abfence, which is fome times granted even for twelve months, that they may reft their imagina - tion, and acquire new ideas.,

A journey through Spain in the years 1786 and 1787; 1791

During our abfence, Captsdn Gierke had been under the greatefl: anxiety for our fafety.

Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

Soon you, my friend, fliall joyful greet again The lovely Fair, whofe abfence gives you pain;

Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse ... 1797

They feel only tlie regret of a fliort abfence, and not of an eternal feparation.

The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797

They foon being thus left without oppolition, took the opportu - became mailers ot the Ihong forts which defended tlic nity of paffing levcral uiefiil laws in their abfence, in harbour.

Encyclopædia britannica : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems .. 1797

Chaplain dDtlKt or, in his abfence, of his vicar general.

Ecclesiastical Law 1797

In an aflion againft the ac - ceptor upon a Bill direfted to him, or in his abfence to I.S. the (c) conditional direftion to I.S. need not be ftated.

A Summary of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Cash Bills and Promissory Notes John Bayley 1797

During his abfence it was difcovered that I was an European, and the rajah*s fon, a humane young man, who was left to command the fort in his father's abfence, was extremely kind tome.

Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries,: From the Time of ... 1797

"•Ha! truly lam glad on'l" An indifference, or rather an abfence of mind, influenced his whole con - dud, and rendered him often infeof; b!

Encyclopædia britannica; 1797

Returns on account of infurrections durlncr his abfence, il.

The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796