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  • Emilia: But Cordiala's vertuous Mein and Actions fasten'd his young Heart in the strong Bonds of an unalterable Affection, which he discover'd to her on all Occasions possible.

    Exilius 2008

  • And to shew the Instability of our Natures, I, who but just before was so much in Love with Death, now courted Life as earnestly as any Pretender to her greatest Favours, and was very glad to be fasten'd on a Piece of the Hulk, and so committed to the other Element, in Hopes it wou'd be more merciful than that of Fire.

    Exilius 2008

  • At the Bottom of these Stairs there was an old Boat slightly fasten'd, into which I enter'd, and committed my self to the

    Exilius 2008

  • The Ladies desired to see their Cousin, e'er he was interr'd; but he was fasten'd up before they came: This increas'd the Gentleman's Suspicion, who having laid many Ends together, began greatly to believe there was some foul Play.

    A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

  • Recreations; where, walking out one Morning by the Sea − Coast, they found there this beautious Person Clarinthia, fasten'd on a Plank, (as she told you) and driven to the Shoar, almost dead, but by their Industry was recover'd to Life, and in due Time to perfect Health.

    Exilius 2008

  • I was by the Care of Lysander's Gentleman fasten'd to a Plank, on which I was driven by the force of the Winds on the Coast of Africa, where I was taken up by Amilcar, and Hannibal his Son.

    Exilius 2008

  • “Accordingly this Tyrant's Executioners laid hold of the King, stretch'd him out at length upon the ground naked, and pour'd boiling Rosin upon his Belly; besides this, they put his feet into a Fire, having fasten'd his Neck to a Stake fix'd in the ground with two of these Hangmen held him by the Arms.”

    The Pope's Senior Moment 2007

  • But Nan was that tight that she cuddent sit up, so we fasten'd hor down wiv a strap

    Wor Nannys a Mazer 2000

  • Pollution: They provided artificial _Penis's_ of the largest Dimensions, and with Ribbons they fasten'd the Root of the Instrument, in the same

    Tractus de Hermaphrodites Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites Giles Jacob

  • Our Captain took four thousand pounds from him; but that did not satisfy him, as he imagin'd he was possess'd of more, and had somewhere conceal'd it, so that the Captain threatened him with death, at which he appear'd in the deepest distress, and took the buckles out of his shoes, and untied his hair, which was very fine, and long; and in which several very valuable rings were fasten'd.

    A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

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