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... returning from Nor- way , afferted his title to the kingdom of Man , caufed one of the fons of Ha- rold to be executed , and agreeably to the inhuman cuftom of thofe barbarous times , put out the eyes of the other two * . Soon after ...
... returning from Nor- way , afferted his title to the kingdom of Man , caufed one of the fons of Ha- rold to be executed , and agreeably to the inhuman cuftom of thofe barbarous times , put out the eyes of the other two * . Soon after ...
Page 7
... returning fuch an answer to a meffage fent by his fovereign , he had reafon to believe that a violent ftorm would immediately gather , and burit upon him : he therefore armed his nu- merous vaffals in Argyle - fhire and the ifles ...
... returning fuch an answer to a meffage fent by his fovereign , he had reafon to believe that a violent ftorm would immediately gather , and burit upon him : he therefore armed his nu- merous vaffals in Argyle - fhire and the ifles ...
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... returned to it , fent him word that he paffionately defired to fee the Polish king , and to embrace him . The eti- quette caufed fome embarraffment , and it was asked how , and in what manner that emperor fhould receive an elective king ...
... returned to it , fent him word that he paffionately defired to fee the Polish king , and to embrace him . The eti- quette caufed fome embarraffment , and it was asked how , and in what manner that emperor fhould receive an elective king ...
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... returned , I delivered him the letter . I was the third in council , afe - keeper , at Calcutta , next ke on the spot at Calcutta . s not in the power of any In the reafons for the origin oles . We know no part of at Calcutta that ...
... returned , I delivered him the letter . I was the third in council , afe - keeper , at Calcutta , next ke on the spot at Calcutta . s not in the power of any In the reafons for the origin oles . We know no part of at Calcutta that ...
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... returned her fhare of the depofit , without the leaft dimi- pution . Voltaire affures us , that throughout the piece he has introduced the genuine fentiments of that diftinguifhed lady , on the fubjects of integrity and love . The abbe ...
... returned her fhare of the depofit , without the leaft dimi- pution . Voltaire affures us , that throughout the piece he has introduced the genuine fentiments of that diftinguifhed lady , on the fubjects of integrity and love . The abbe ...
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