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Cuftoms, and are called fuperior officers of the waterguard.
The Parliamentary Register: Or an Impartial Report of the Debates that Have Occured in the Two ... Great Britain Parliament, Great Britain Parliament , 1802-1803, 1802-1803 Parliament, Great Britain 1795
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The nature of this trade fhould be confidered; the numerous commanders and officers of the Company's fliips (a very fuperior clafs of nautical men) have no adequate provifion from dired pecuniary allowances; their compenfation has been in the privilege of trade, and a certain allowance of tonnage, freight free.
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Between this viUage and Sydney Town is the public burial ground, already remarkable for fome very large tombs, executed in a ftyle much fuperior to what could be expeded from the flate of the arts in the colony, and the recency of its foundation.
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They are exceedingly cleanly at their meals; and their mode of drefling both their animal and vegetable food, was univerfalty allowed to be greatly fuperior to ours.
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From the fartie rice alfo, by means of an alem - bic, they extrafl: a wine ftronger and fuperior to palm wine *.
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I refleded upon feveral who Aand high on the lift of Fame, but while their talents have ap - peared prominently confpicuous, I could only difcover thofe fuperior endowments applied to purpofes either comparatively ufelcfs orpofitively evil* You, Sir! appear far more entitled to Veneration than any of thofe whofe literary acquirements give their Writings a fuperiorlty I,
Libellus: or, A Bried Sketch of the Kingdom of Gotham W. Charles 1798
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By diftilling verdigris, the acetous acid may be fe - parated in a concentrated ftate, and of a ftrength equal, or perhaps fuperior, to the muriatic acid.
The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798
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It is fomething, which animates the body, which has a commanding influence over all the bodily organs, and which conftantly prompts us tQ feek after obje6ls, fuperior to all earthly enjoy - ments, to fatisfy its boundlefs defires.
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects Williams, Nehemiah, 1748-1796 1797
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Out of this body the common-council, fheriff, and other fuperior ofiicers for the government of the city, are
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But as the profeffor knew the fuperior ma - giftrate would immediately give him fatisfadion, he fuffered his con - voy to live, and himfelf to be brought to his deftination, where he was inftantly honourably acquitted, and the officious magiftrate punifhed; but whether this was done by a copious baftinading or horfe-whippmg, or by cutting off his ears, I did not learn.
Travels in Hungary, with a short account of Vienna in the year 1793 1797
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