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There are innumerable refts, and channels, and crescents, and cupolas, half-finished or only hinted at.
The Doctor's Dilemma Hesba Stretton 1871
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You want to crush me to death; so just go down yourself and look after the cracks and refts in the rock, and I'll stand up above. '
Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856
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One of her Hands refts in her Necklace of Peak, and the other holds a Gourd, in which they put Water, or other liquid.
The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts 1722
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Great Britain, which it refts with the people of England to furnifti to the world.
A view of the causes and consequences of the present war with France 1797
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The cultivator fears no more their vengeance j his mufket, for - merly his neceifary companion at the plough, now refts fufpended in his'houfe.
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of ... 1797
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The obfciurity, however, refts in the things themfelves, not in the words.
Icelandic poetry 1797
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And in the belief of this, the foul re - turns to God, and refts on him.
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects Williams, Nehemiah, 1748-1796 1797
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The horizontal cylindric pipe AC, fig. 3, is introduced into the vefliel DEFB, which is filled with water as high as DB« Oppofite and at a fmall interval from the aperture C commences a fmall reflangular channel of tinned iron, S MB R, which is - open at top S R j the inclined bottom M B refts on the edge of the velTel B.
A Journal of natural philosophy, chemistry, and the arts .. 1797
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This is owing, not to any infufficiency in God, the obje6l on which his foul refts, to afford him perfe6l, perpet - ual, and undifturbed reft and felicity; but to his own imperfetlion, to his wandering, roving heart.
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects Williams, Nehemiah, 1748-1796 1797
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Love, therefore, is the leading, governing affec - tion of the foul; it is in the exercife of this affec - tion, properly fpcaking, that the foul refts on any object.
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects Williams, Nehemiah, 1748-1796 1797
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