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Examples
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Mr. Pickerfgill informed them that hp had feen him in the country, and found that he was a man of fome confequence,. by the extraordinary refped paid to him by the people.
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However little the confequence of this miftaken denomination in a geographical view, it is yet worthy of remark as regarding natural hiftory.
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The manufafture next in confequence, and alfo within the department of the women, is that of their mats, which excel every thing I have feen at any other place, both as to their texture and their beauty.
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One of them, whofe name was Mourooa, being aiked how he came by a fear on his forehead, told us, that it was the confequence of a wound he had got in fighting with the people of an ifland, which lies to the north-eaftward, who fometiroes - came to invade them.
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The crew in confequence were formed into three divifions: the firft watch was «nder the orders of the captain; the pilot commanded the fecond, and the mafter the third.
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It is a natural confequence of this deep bay, although at Amboyna it is thought fome - thing very lingular, that when the current fets into it along Hitoe, it muft run out, in an oppofite direction, along Leytimor, and vice verfd in the contrary cafe.
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The next morning, Sunday, the fame King made us a fecond vifit, and wiftved ta - fee the nianner in which we fought and difcharged our bombards; at the exhibition we made in confequence of his requeft, he appeared to be greatly pleafed, for in his youth he had been of a very martial difpofition.
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If the health and lives of feamen be thought of confequence to the Itate, the larger clafs of fhips fhould certainly be preferred.
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As many of them complied, I Judged he muft be a perfon of fome confequence among them.
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It is of confequence I fliould here notice, that during the whole time we were off* this coaft, the fame phenomenon conftantly occurred every day at the fame hour.
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