ftrong

This difference may probably be occafioned by the ftrong weftem current which we found in our return, which I allowed for after I perceived it; and though we did not difcem any current when we went to the eaftward, except when near the iflands, yet it is probable we had one againft us, though we did not take notice of it becaufe of the ftrong wefterly winds.

Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

But this being at beft but a probable cpnjefiure, I ihall iniift no farther upon It. The 14th we paffed by Scouten's Ifland, and Providence Ifland, and found ftill a very ftrong current fetting to the north-weft.

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The rind has a ftrong aftringent power, and might perhaps be ufed as a dye, for a fine deep red colour 1.

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Being at the north eaft point, we found a ftrong current fetting to the north-weft, fo that though we had fteered to keep under the high ifland, yet we were driven towards the flat one.

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Their houfes are long cabms, termed by them boi, and they lie on nets of cotton, called hamaks J, faftened by the two e3ttremities to two ftrong pods.

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One thing is certain, and I fliall hereafter have occa - fion to illuftrate it more fully, that, without pot feiling the virtuous affe6lions in a ftrong degree, no man can attain eminence in the fublime parts of eloquence.

Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 1812

I im fure I tho't them too ftrong at the time they were fubmitted to the Com - mittee.

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

To drive this force from the field yoafhould crote the St. Lawrence with a well appointed army twenty thouiana ftrong, with a referve, always defirable, with raw troops mp penfable, of 10,000.

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

However valuable they are for fudden emergencies, and in this way too much reliance cannot be placed on them; economy, hoth to them and the government, forbid their ufe for other purpofes Their ftate of difcipline and | infubordin? tion, (except in tie feoe of danger,) circumfbances growing out of the freedom of oar inftitutions; the wafte of public property, which he could illoftrateby ftrong facts, all unite to diffuade us from this refort.

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

Sometimes they get as many fifh as makes them a plenti* ful iMUiquety and at other times they fcarce get every one a tafte; but be it little or much that they get every one has his part, as well the young and tender, the old and feeble, who are not able tp go abroad, as the ftrong and lufty.

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