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... feated on a rifing ground , near the Liffey , 14 m . S. W. of Dublin . Lon . 6. 40. W. Lat . 53. 10. N. * BLEST . preterite and participle . [ from blefs . ] Peace to thy gentle fhade , and endless rest ! Bleft in thy genius , and in ...
... feated on a rifing ground , near the Liffey , 14 m . S. W. of Dublin . Lon . 6. 40. W. Lat . 53. 10. N. * BLEST . preterite and participle . [ from blefs . ] Peace to thy gentle fhade , and endless rest ! Bleft in thy genius , and in ...
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... feated in the inward or weakeft quarter ; the ad infects the griftle , and must be extirpated , as in the cure of a quitter - bone : the 3d is occafion- ed by fmall ftones and gravel between the fioe and the fole . - For a cure , pare ...
... feated in the inward or weakeft quarter ; the ad infects the griftle , and must be extirpated , as in the cure of a quitter - bone : the 3d is occafion- ed by fmall ftones and gravel between the fioe and the fole . - For a cure , pare ...
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... feated on a promontory between two very deep fitures , with high craggy rocks on each Ede , where the fea rolls in with fuch force , that the pay is often carried over the top of the caftle . It said to have been built by a branch of ...
... feated on a promontory between two very deep fitures , with high craggy rocks on each Ede , where the fea rolls in with fuch force , that the pay is often carried over the top of the caftle . It said to have been built by a branch of ...
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... feated in a bottom between two hills , which ren- dets the air very unwhole fome . It confifts chief- ly of one street , and the many decayed houses fhow that it has once been a place of greater note . It has a mayor , fends two members ...
... feated in a bottom between two hills , which ren- dets the air very unwhole fome . It confifts chief- ly of one street , and the many decayed houses fhow that it has once been a place of greater note . It has a mayor , fends two members ...
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... feated on the N. E. fhore of the Danube , Ico m . S. E. of B. Lou , 20. 20. E. Lat . 46. 15. N. BODRUN . See TEOS . • EODIY , in zoology , an American fnake , a fcies of the AMPHISBENA ; called alfo IBIJARA . 1. BODY . n . f . ( bodig ...
... feated on the N. E. fhore of the Danube , Ico m . S. E. of B. Lou , 20. 20. E. Lat . 46. 15. N. BODRUN . See TEOS . • EODIY , in zoology , an American fnake , a fcies of the AMPHISBENA ; called alfo IBIJARA . 1. BODY . n . f . ( bodig ...
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