Illustrations of Sterne: With Other Essays and Verses, Volume 2Cadell and Davies, By J. and J. Haddock, Warrington, 1812 |
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Page 92
... not diminished by such an appendage ; as a proof of which , he mentions the Sieur de Cruvellier of La Ciotat , who , though he had a tail , distinguished him- self greatly in some actions against the Turks . It 92 OF CERTAIN .
... not diminished by such an appendage ; as a proof of which , he mentions the Sieur de Cruvellier of La Ciotat , who , though he had a tail , distinguished him- self greatly in some actions against the Turks . It 92 OF CERTAIN .
Page 93
With Other Essays and Verses John Ferriar. self greatly in some actions against the Turks . It is rather surprising , that the ingenious doctor did not consider the extraordinary necessity of courage , in a man who has a tail , as that ...
With Other Essays and Verses John Ferriar. self greatly in some actions against the Turks . It is rather surprising , that the ingenious doctor did not consider the extraordinary necessity of courage , in a man who has a tail , as that ...
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... reader . The first bastions which were seen in Europe , were constructed by the Turks , for the defence of Otranto , in Apulia , Hist . de Polybe , tom . iii . p . 2. & Seq . which they occupied , from the time of their invasion.
... reader . The first bastions which were seen in Europe , were constructed by the Turks , for the defence of Otranto , in Apulia , Hist . de Polybe , tom . iii . p . 2. & Seq . which they occupied , from the time of their invasion.
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... Turks , then , we owe this im- provement ; and it becomes a matter of curiosity , to enquire by what means they were led to its adoption . It had occurred to me , many years ago , that Tacitus had described the walls of Jerusalem , as ...
... Turks , then , we owe this im- provement ; and it becomes a matter of curiosity , to enquire by what means they were led to its adoption . It had occurred to me , many years ago , that Tacitus had described the walls of Jerusalem , as ...
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... Turks to raise to the height of twenty . feet . The passage in Tacitus , to which I have alluded , runs as follows .賢" Duos colles in immensum editos " claudebant , muri per artem obliqui , " aut introrsus sinuati , ut latera oppug ...
... Turks to raise to the height of twenty . feet . The passage in Tacitus , to which I have alluded , runs as follows .賢" Duos colles in immensum editos " claudebant , muri per artem obliqui , " aut introrsus sinuati , ut latera oppug ...
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