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Personally, I can't wait to see an unfettled De Jong getting his teeth into them!
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With more than one nation, we have ferious and unfettled controverfies: and with one powerful in the means and habits of war, we are at war.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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In refpefl. to your requifition for an immediate return o£ rdnance ftores, his excellency fays it cannot poflibly be omplied with in the prefent unfettled ftate of the army.
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The revolutionary government ftands in need of ex* ipaordinnFy adlivity, becaufe it is in a ftate of war* It is fubjeft to lules lefs uniform and exaft, becaufe the cJrcumftances, under which it exifts, are unfettled and tempeftuous, and above all, becaufe it is perpetually obliged to provide uncommon and im - mediate refources for new and preffing dangers. —
A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain ... 1795
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So much unfettled: this drives frie to intreat yea,
Works 1795
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The unfettled fyftem of fucceffion to the crown a.D. had rouzed their ambition, and awakened their if.
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We have taught ourfelves to be fo unfettled as we are, by indulging a languid indifference to the moil interefting of all our concerns; and perhaps too, by de - lighting in the vain amufement, which thefe roving ideas give us, at the moft improper feafons.
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Sir John Perrot was gracioufly received at court, and permitted to retire to his eftate in Wales; but the affairs of Ireland ftill remained in a turbulent, unfettled ftate, except in the province of Munfter,
The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Patriots, Divines ... 1791
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He was deemed a fharp boy, of unfettled application; but he left no performances which denote juvenile vi - gour, or uncommon attainments.
The life of Thomas Pain <!>, the author of Rights of men <!>. With a defence of his writings 1791
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In this manner fome of thefe eftates have been fettled, and the creditors paid 5 others re - main - unfettled.
The History of New-Hampshire. Volume II.: Comprehending the Events of of Seventy Five Years ... 1791
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