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  • And as the Cardinal continued yet to entertain fome doubt of the faft, Faleiro inftrufbed Magellan in a method to calculate the longitude, fo as not to overpafs the line t of demarcation.

    Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

  • The lower end was then put into a wooden poft, and rivetted faft; and the fufferer was lifted up thus impaled, and the poft ftuck in the ground.

    Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

  • I took eight or nine men with me, and marched to their houfes, which I found very mean, and their doors made faft with withes.

    Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

  • The fnake fwam away from them very faft, keeping his head above water; the fifli fnapped at his tail, but when he turned himfelf, that fifli would withdraiv, and another would fnap, fo that by turns they kept him employed, yet he ftill defended himfelf, and fwam away a great pace, till they were out of fight.

    Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

  • When they have eaten they lie down till the next low water, and then all that are able march out, be it night or day, rain or fhine, it is all one, they mud attend the wares or elfe they mufl; faft, for the earth aflFords them no food at all.

    Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

  • And; were it otherwise yet, as the promise of the one party would be sole Csideration for the promise of the other, should either faft in the per - nance of its engagements, the other would necessarily be discharge!

    Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812

  • To thefe cords branches of trees were faft* ened; and between thefe branches hangings of cotton were fufpended fo as to form alcoves.

    Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

  • In order to make my felf perfeftly underftood, I muft obferve, that it was the finding, cut of the Moluccas, or Spice-iilands, by the Portuguefe, that raifed that fpirit of difcovery, which produced Columbus's voyage, which ended in finding America; though in faft, Columbus intended rather to reach this country of New Holland.

    Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

  • The early part of Mr. Burke*s life is rapidly passed over, as the events are taken from mere reports, the fidelity of which it was im - possible to ascertain without greater trouble than they seemed to de - serve; but, from the commencement of his public career, every step has been traced with the utmost care; and every faft has been estab - lished upon indisputable authorities.

    memoirs of the right honourable edmund burke charles m'cormick 1798

  • It feems in faft to be urood, which has been long buried in the earth, and penetrated by mineral fteam, fo as to aflume the ap - pearance and folidity of coal.

    The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798

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