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From this fpot, contiiTiting to the right, at every flep you open 'thmugh srtlefi viftos, Pountaine'i Abbey, the I baMqCKtttDg-houfe, and the other beautiea of tfaa i place.
The British Tourists: Through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland ... William Fordyce Mavor , William Mavor , Samuel John Neele, C Rivers 1798
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From hence, ye Beauties! undeceiv*dt Know one falfe flep is ne'er retriev'dt And he with caution bold:
Poésies de Gray 1797
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This we are juflified in fuppofing would be a very early flep with the Romans after their fettlement here; fince there was no luxury in higher eflimation with them than frequent bathing.
An illustration of the Roman antiquities discovered at Bath 1797
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Odo, bifliop of Baieux, the king's uterine brother, whom he had created earl of Kent, and entrufted with a great iliare of power during his whole reign, had amaffed immenfe riches; and agreeably to the ufual prp - grefs of human wilhes, he began to regard his preieut acquiiidons but as a flep to farther gran - dear.
The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796
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Mitchel fired a piftol at the primate, as he was fit - ting in his coach; but the bifliop of Orkney, flep - ping into the coach, happened to flretch out his arm, which intercepted the bail, and v/as much fnattered by it.
The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796
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As one important flep towards efFeding their defign, they are encouraging breweries, which are faft increafing.
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States 1795
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Fie, who goes one flep beyond his real faith or prefentiaient, is in danger of deceiving himfelf and. others.
Aphorisms on man Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825 1794
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The more uniform a man*s voice, flep, manner of converfation, hand - writing. writing, the more quiet, uni - form, fettled, his acflions, his charadler.
Aphorisms on man Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825 1794
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France, unable, in a civil fever, to affift her old friend the Turk, had, perhaps, prevailed with Spain to flep forward.
Travels into Norway, Denmark, and Russia, in the years 1788, 1789, 1790, and 1791 1792
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In fome places the foil, formed into a dry cruft, was raifed about four inches above the level of the folid ground; infomuch that our camels, under whofe feet it broke at every flep, found it extremely difficult to proceed.
Travels round the world, in the years 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 1791
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