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... beautiful plat- form , on which are planted 61 pieces of cannon , mounted on new and very elegant iron carriages . The pieces of ordnance are chiefly used to fire on days of ftate , or to promulgate any joyful news to the public ...
... beautiful plat- form , on which are planted 61 pieces of cannon , mounted on new and very elegant iron carriages . The pieces of ordnance are chiefly used to fire on days of ftate , or to promulgate any joyful news to the public ...
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... An anonymous author gives this account of Nero , That when he was two years old he was indeed very beautiful creature , and exceedingly well edu- • cated ; cated ; for , fays he , upon my expreffing and its CURIOSITIES . 13.
... An anonymous author gives this account of Nero , That when he was two years old he was indeed very beautiful creature , and exceedingly well edu- • cated ; cated ; for , fays he , upon my expreffing and its CURIOSITIES . 13.
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... beautiful creatures , I would not advise my friends to be too great with them ; for , like other couples , they may fometimes happen to be out of temper . - The tyger is in shape not much unlike a cat , only much larger , and when wild ...
... beautiful creatures , I would not advise my friends to be too great with them ; for , like other couples , they may fometimes happen to be out of temper . - The tyger is in shape not much unlike a cat , only much larger , and when wild ...
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... beautiful young lioness , brought from Bombay by captain Webb , and presented to his prefent majefty . This is a comely lafs , and good tempered , but she is somewhat lame , occafioned by her paws being feared , when young , with a red ...
... beautiful young lioness , brought from Bombay by captain Webb , and presented to his prefent majefty . This is a comely lafs , and good tempered , but she is somewhat lame , occafioned by her paws being feared , when young , with a red ...
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... beautiful creature , far exceeding any other in the whole collection . In the next den , you are fhewn NERO , the em- peror , the oldeft lion in the Tower , now greatly upon the decline . He was brought from the river Gambia in Africa ...
... beautiful creature , far exceeding any other in the whole collection . In the next den , you are fhewn NERO , the em- peror , the oldeft lion in the Tower , now greatly upon the decline . He was brought from the river Gambia in Africa ...
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