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... whole - And having , the better to fecure his pardon , turn- ed Mahometan , the infamous wretch unhesitatingly conducted a party of foldiers to the fpot where his coun- trymen lay concealed . The wretched Spaniards were im- mediately ...
... whole - And having , the better to fecure his pardon , turn- ed Mahometan , the infamous wretch unhesitatingly conducted a party of foldiers to the fpot where his coun- trymen lay concealed . The wretched Spaniards were im- mediately ...
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... whole particular bufinefs it was to negotiate for the ranfom of Spanish captives . This fum , though the widow's all , was not deemed ade- quate . The King infifted upon five hundred golden crowns . The holy fathers , for fuch , in this ...
... whole particular bufinefs it was to negotiate for the ranfom of Spanish captives . This fum , though the widow's all , was not deemed ade- quate . The King infifted upon five hundred golden crowns . The holy fathers , for fuch , in this ...
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... whole court , befides the king and queen , take a part in this magnificent fpectacle , which transports the fpectator's mind to the refidence of the Ottomans . He fees the fultan attended by his fultanas and female flaves , all the ...
... whole court , befides the king and queen , take a part in this magnificent fpectacle , which transports the fpectator's mind to the refidence of the Ottomans . He fees the fultan attended by his fultanas and female flaves , all the ...
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... whole work might have been finished in a couple of years . But in 1779 there were not above thirty workmen , and thefe would not have been employed , if the Neapolitan cabinet did not find its honour at stake in difcontinuing the works ...
... whole work might have been finished in a couple of years . But in 1779 there were not above thirty workmen , and thefe would not have been employed , if the Neapolitan cabinet did not find its honour at stake in difcontinuing the works ...
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... whole air and behaviour . She was tall and flender ; and time , that deftroys all things , had left no traces of the original colour of her hair . Her face was furrowed over with wrinkles , and feemed to have been long a ftranger to ...
... whole air and behaviour . She was tall and flender ; and time , that deftroys all things , had left no traces of the original colour of her hair . Her face was furrowed over with wrinkles , and feemed to have been long a ftranger to ...
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