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But I saw she could not long maintain the Combat; wherefore I ran to her Assistance, and soon dispatch'd the Beast; for which Service she return'd me innumerable Thanks and Acknowledgments.
Exilius 2008
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As soon as I could get Leave of this holy Man, and the Chyrurgeon whom he employ'd, I dispatch'd to go after Clarinthia, whose Beauty had now made such an Impression, as I knew could never be effac'd; and indeed nothing but her Charms could have remov'd me from my good Hermit, whose excellent Conversation and holy
Exilius 2008
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The first my noble Companion dispatch'd, whose Sword I took, and therewith assisted my Friend with such
Exilius 2008
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So giving my Hand, begg'd that Exilius might live; to which the King accorded, and forthwith dispatch'd the Captain.
Exilius 2008
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By a smile or a squeeze of the hand he's dispatch'd;
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 Various
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Intrigues, they always locking themselves in, the moment they had dispatch'd their Suppers: In order to this, on a Time, this Servant, call'd _Nicolini_, with a piercing Instrument of Iron, and the
Tractus de Hermaphrodites Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites Giles Jacob
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After he was dispatch'd, I return'd immediately to the hopeing, -- fearing family.
Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning
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_ A third Person may not be proper perhaps; as soon as I have dispatch'd my own Affairs, I am at his Service.
The Busie Body Susanna Centlivre
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Negro dispatch'd by Captain _Thomas_, who told us the Whites had burnt
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt
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I dispatch'd an Express with the Account I had received, and set forward, resolving to wait for further Instructions on the top of the
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt
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