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He having either flept or quitted his poft, gave one or the natives an opportunity to carry off his mufquet.
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Bene tamen nobiscuni agitur, quod eiusmodi adulatiohes paulio poft itt meras formulas cancellariae abeunt, quibus tantum quisque fenfus tribuit quanfunt ipife habet. ''
Opvscvla academica collecta et animadversionibvs locvpletata 1812
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I obferved fmoke in fevend places; however, we did nothing more than fet up a poft, on which every one cut his name, or his mark, and upon which I hoifted a flag.
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The lower end was then put into a wooden poft, and rivetted faft; and the fufferer was lifted up thus impaled, and the poft ftuck in the ground.
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At the top of the poft, about ten feet from the ground, there was a kind of little bench, upon vhich the body refted.
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By the very next poft Mrs. Rowley received a longer letter from Mifs Morrifon, and the perufal of it filled her with the utmoft flattering expec - tations; the conclufion of it fhe read feveral times with renewed ddight.
Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse ... 1797
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In confequence of his final and unfatherly de - termination, Mr. Rowley wrote a fharp letter to Charles, and fent by the fame poft, a pretty rough one to Mr. Brownlow, for having deceived him by a falfe account of his fon's behaviour.
Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse ... 1797
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It was the iaft poft in the Crimea of which the Genoefe retained the Ibvereignty.
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It began to grow dark as they arrived, and the poft-mader was finokiDg his pipe at the door.
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of ... 1797
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Their next poft was within the confines of the Venetian ftate, where they found orders to the fameeffed as in other places they had lately pair - ed.
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of ... 1797
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