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To avoid the perfonal lien of a bond, and the real lien of a judgment, tenant in tail who has the fee by defcent chargeable with bond debts and Judgments, fhould fufFer a recovery. ih.

Tracts on I. The Definition and Nature of Cross Remainder, II. Fines and Recoveries by Tenant in ... 1797

The land riles in gentle Hopes from the ihore to the middle ot the ifland, intermixed with vallies of an eafy defcent; and they are beautifully diverfified with the mutual encroachments of the woods and lawns.

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

When tenant ia tail has the rcvcrfion by defcent, he always ought to fuffer a recovery.

Tracts on I. The Definition and Nature of Cross Remainder, II. Fines and Recoveries by Tenant in ... 1797

The paflage was noways dangerous, and very eafy till we came to the ridge which forms the limits of Hungary and Galicia; here it became more difficult, though not dangerous: the defcent on the other fide, towards Galicia, is very rapid. — — pranit rocks and gloomy pine forefts had hitherto furrounded us; but here, on the limits, the fcene

Travels in Hungary, with a short account of Vienna in the year 1793 1797

According to the accounts of our late voyagers, the inliabitants of the South 'fea iflands are fuch expert divers, that when a nail or any piece of iron was thrown overboard, they would inftantly jump into the fca after it, and never flailed to recover it, notwithftanding the quick defcent of the metal.

Encyclopædia britannica; 1797

After Terah was the ftandard of natural lifp comprifed within the fpace of two centuries; yet if the reckoning be continued from Judah exclufively tp the defcent into Egypt, he was the grandfather of two twins, Hezron and Hamul, by Pharez, the youngeft of four fons, at the time of that defcent: fcarcely half

Analysis of researches into the origin and progress of historical time Walker, Robert, fl. 1796. [from old catalog] 1796

To thofe who know how tenacious the Irifh are, of their pre - tended Ibericn defcent, this alone is proof fuiBcient, that poems, fo fubverfive of their fyftem, could never be produced by an Hibernian bard.

The poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal. Ossian, 3rd cent 1796

But pleafant is thy beam to the hunt - er, fitting by the rock in a florm, when thou lookefl from thy parted cloud, and brighteneft his dewy locks; he looks down on the flreamy vale, and beholds the defcent of roes.

The poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal. 1796

It was propofcd that d'Eftaing, widi the fix thoufand troops he had with him, fhould make a defcent on the fouthem part of the ifland, while a body of the Americans flionld take and deflroy all the Britifh fliipping.

An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829. [from old catalog] 1795

This defcent continues, as is demonflrated by foundings, far into the fca.

An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829. [from old catalog] 1795