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This man, who had been treated by Mrs. Bradley to a plentiful meal, after he had fasted for twenty-four hours, and when he and his followers were fainting with fatigue and want, had now the impudence and cruelty to call her by the grossest names in the vocabulary of bilingsgate.
A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade William Dobein James 1801
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