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The humble doc - trines of the crofs are our weapons, and thefe are mighty through God, to demolish the firong holds of the prince of darhiefs, and to hriyig every thought i?
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(Robertfon, Difquifiuoa on Ancient India, fed. iii«) § Tke bcriU it a large kind of crofs-bow.
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Aforpion; one of the twelve fignsi An engiTte, a kind of crofs-howtofl'oot darts; Afea-fijh;
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[Among ma theroatictans) The vane of an inftrumeni called a crofs ftaflf, being a piece of wood fixed acrofs with a fquare locket upon which it Aides.
A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is ... 1768
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When in midft of the ocean we difcovered, in the weft, five ftars of great brilliancy, in form of a crofs | |.
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One day when I ftiewed him and kiffed the crofs, he gave me to underftand
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And to fpeak my thoughts freely, I believe it is owing to tne negled: of this eafy way that all that vaft trad of Terra Auftralis which bounds the South Sea is yet undifcovered: thofe that crofs that fea feeming to defign fome bufinefs on the Peruvian or Mexican coaft, and fo leaving that at a diftance.
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After ere£tinff a large crofs in the middle of the place, a proclamation was iflued ordering that all who were inclined to become ChrifUans fhould deftroy their idols and fubftitute the crols in their ftead.
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After walkings a little way amongft thefe, we found a perfon who feemed a chief, fitting on the ground crofs-legged, cooling himfelf with a fort of triangular hn made from a leaf of the cocoa-palm.
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He fliot thrice from the crofs - bow, but could not be induced to fire the mufket.
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