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In Dromore Dublin; on either fide of which is a fmall are the remains of a fmaH caftle or tower, lough, fair days 5 Apr. 20 June, 19 Sei»t% probablj the antient rcfidence of the bifhops. and i Mond. in Nov. —
Topographia hibernica : or The topography ofIreland, antient and modern. Giving a complete view of the civil and ecclesiastical state of that kingdom; with its antiquities, natural curiosities, trade, manufactures, extent and population Seward, William Wenman 1795
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Here the Slaughter of Mankind, on what you will call a fmall Calcula - tion, amounts to upwards of feventy times the Num - ber of Souls this Day on the Globe* A Point which may furnifh matter of Reflexion to one left inclined to draw Confequences than your Lordfliip.
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Ye fmall knowledge I had of their speech made a better hope, butt one who could have understood them would have been certainly in a great terror.
Crooked Trails Frederic Remington 1885
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Here we found the flood fetting eafl: - by-north, and the ebb wefl: - by-fouth; there were flioals and fmall iflands between us and the main, which caufed the tide to fet very incondantly, and make many whirl - ings in the water j yet \ye did not find the tide to fet ftrong any way, nor the water to rife much.
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This is a fmall ifland, but pretty high; I named it Providence; About five leagues to the fouthward of this, there is another ifland, which is called William Scouten's Ifland, and laid down in our drafts; it is a high ifland, and about twenty leagues long.
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Next, a fmall but warlike train, J Choice from all the various hoft,
The lay of Corneelis: in three cantos, by an officer [T.W. Taylor] who was present at the storm ... Thomas William Taylor 1812
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No one great obje6t is properly purfued, and kept in view; but his narration is cut down into fmall pieces, his hiftory is divided by fummers and winters, and
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At four in the afternoon, having a fmall breeze at fouth-fouth-wefl:, I made a fign for my boats to come on board.
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When I came within four or five miles of the fliore, fix fmall boats came off to view us, with about forty men in them all.
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Before they had wet! got to anchor, the nadves came off from all parts in canoes, bringing witli ihcm yams and fliaddocks, which tbey exchanged for fmall nails and old rags.
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