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My cupies are not too sweet, very moist, and have an overall balance with the amount of frosting to cake ratio.
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I made known to the bishop that the object of my mission could not fail to forward the undertaking of the people, and that I was desirous of obtain - ing the best information of the enemy's force in Portugal, and the positions which it at present oc - cupies.
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Attention is when an idea oc - cupies the mind principally or solely for any length of time.
Treatise on the influence of climate on the human species; and on the varieties of men resulting from it; including an account of the criteria of intelligence, which the form of the head presents; and a sketch of a rational system of physiognomy as founded in physiology Pitta, Nicholas C. [from old catalog] 1812
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A large lake, called St. John's lake, oc - cupies a considerable part of the passage between the Mississippi and the Tenza; it is in a hone - shoe form, and has, at some former period, been the bed of the Mississippi: the nearest part of it is about one mile removed from the river at the present time.
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But it is often necefTary in corrcfting abufeS | and reviving a purity of manners, for the people thcmfelves to perceive that the government ocr cupies itfelf for their welfare ..
Essays on the Spirit of Legislation: In the Encouragement of Agriculture, Population ... 1772
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Compones Horto Alcinoi, wl Floribus Aftra 5 lllos his potius j cupies fi Rhetor haberi.
Symbolographia, sive, De arte symbolica : sermones septem Schalckh, J. C., 18th cent 1701
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flebis in aeterno surda iacere situ; et frustra cupies mollem componere uersum,
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haec est uenturi prima fauilla mali. tum magis Armenias cupies accedere tigris
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