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Paft this point, on the infide of Leytimor, there is a bend, the deepeft part of which aflFords good anchorage, in the eaft monfoon, but it is only quite clofe to the ihore.
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Paft, and to come, feem beft; things prefent, worft.
The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare: In Six Volumes William Shakespeare , Joseph Rann 1791
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In fondly meditating o'er Paft pleafures, and in hoping more:
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In fondly meditating o'er Paft pleafures, and in hoping more;
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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IIL So Jesus flept: God's dying Son Paft through the grave, and bleft the bed.
THOUGHTS IN PROSE AND VERSE ON NATURAL, MORAL, AND DIVINE SUBJECTS 1789
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Those who be«rd the deed read would recoUeet that the property wa« lo be conveyed to trustees, and sold, from time lo time, uoder the direction of the Paft -
The Debates and proceedings in the Congress of the United States 1789
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In the Point where the Rays are united, there will be a fecond Image formed from the Firft, and as much ex - ceeding the Firft in its Dimenfions of Length and Breadth as it exceeds it in Diftance from the fmall Speculum; and therefore you will eafily obferve, that the Effecl of rhe Telefcope in this Paft is quite analogous to the Compound Microfcopc, whofe Conftru&ion I heretofore explained to you.
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy: In a Continued Survey of the Works of Nature and Art ... 1781
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Paft, prc - fent and future come fo clofe together, that there is not time to diftinguifh them.
Interesting letters of the late Pope Clement XIV. (Ganganelli.) 1777
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If indefinitely, then have we Three Tenses, an Aorift of the Prefent, an Aorift: of the Paft, and an Aorift of the Future, If definitely ', then have we three Tenfes to mark the Beginnings of thefe three Times; three, to denote their Mid~ dies; and three to denote their Ends; in aU Nine.
Hermes; 1771
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The mod obvious divifion of Time is into Prefent, Paft, and Future, nor is any language complete, whofe verbs have not Tenses, to mark thefe diftindtions.
Hermes; or, A philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar 1771
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