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At length bar - raffed and fatigued by the vigilance of his Enemies,, he furrendered himfelf, trufting to the fcverity of the then reigning powers, rather than wear out hit life in the gloom of folitude, made ftill more difmal by perpetual apprehenfions and terror.
An historical & topographical account ofLeominster : and it's vicinity Price, John, 1773-1801 1795
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Their enemies, entrenched behind minifterial and judicial power, continually ha - raffed them with vexatious attacks, and betray - ed too frequently a barbarous and unmanly triumph.
Considerations on the state of parties, and the means of effecting a reconciliation between them 1793
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When he came to the frontiers of the fouth with his cavalry, har-raffed by fa - tigue, he found more than a hundred thoufand negroes in arms to difpute his paffage.
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In this campaign, Muley Iftv - mael loft about three thoufand tents,, the wealth that he had amaffed, and a part of his army, the rear guard of which was har - raffed by the mountaineers, who took the baggage.
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In the adjacent country confiderable quantities of flax might be raffed as the foil is proper for that piupofe.
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In 1718, Francis Nicholfon, Efqj was governor, during whofe time the province was terribly har - raffed by pirates.
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Therefore it is no wonder that a horfe {o har raffed (hould fome - times drop down fuddenly, as though in a real apoplexy, efpe - cially upon any fudden flop.
Sporting Magazine 1795
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