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Among the Greek and Roman Authors, fome affuredly de - ferve much higher regard than others; nay, fome are of no great value.
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Let us raise a fufficient army to ferve during the war, be it long or fhort It is abfurd to fuppofe wc fliall not iuccetd in our enterprise Againft the enemy's province$.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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The carts drawn by buffaloes, which ferve to convey goods inland, are of a very fimple and no lefs clumfy conftrudion.
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What would not avail for the produftion of great exceUencies, may at leaft ferve to prevent the commifiion of con - fiderable errors.
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But whether her Hyghnes wyll ferve her felffe to be enfourmed off them in this firft fettelleng off her State, this ys in her Graces pleafur.
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What are called the branches, which are channelled on the upper fide, and convex on the under, ferve alfo fometimes for the fame purpofe; but the chief ufe which the Amboynefe make of them is for the walls and roofs of their houfes, and for packing - cafes, &c.
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After thefe people were gone, the captain took four hogs, (that is, three fows and one boar) two cocks and two hens, which be landed in the bottom of the Weft Bay, carrying them a little way into the woods, where he left them as much food as would ferve them ten or twelve days.
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Their falary is, as I was in - formed, no more than two thoufand two hundred rix-doUars; which is fcarcely fuffi - cient for the fupport of their eftablifliments: they are, befides, obliged to ferve the office of counfellor of juftice for the fpace of ten years before they may be candidates for any other office.
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The cloaths that they wear in theiay, ferve for their covering in the night.
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Item, Two Gallon pots of filver and gilt, to ferve Peter a-nd Paul.
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