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The Present State of the British Empire in Europe, America, Africa and Asia ... - Page 268
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1768 - 486 pages
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The Magazine of Magazines: Compiled from Original Pieces, with ..., Volume 13

1757 - 564 pages
...take a plcafure to paint herfclf in a thoufand various fhapes of horror, in the feveral carcafles, according to the degree in which corruption has prevailed...were baked and fmoaked, without any appearance of rottennefs ; fome are jull turning towards the point of putrefaction ; whilll others are all fwarming...
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An historical miscellany. The third edition

Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 pages
...can be conceived ; this humbling portrait of human mifery, in fo many images of death, wherein fne feems to take a pleafure to paint herfelf in a thoufand...their bones ; fome look as if they were baked and then fmoaked, without any appearance of rouennefs ; fome are juft turning towards the point of pmrefaction...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 31

1769 - 756 pages
...(hapes of horror, in the i=vcral carcafes, according to the degree in which corruption has prevails t over them, or the manner in which it has attacked...withered ; others have a fort of parchment upon their banes ; Готе look as they were baked and fmoked, without any appearance of rottennefä ; fome are...
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Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries ...

William Fordyce Mavor - 1796 - 338 pages
...a thoufaud various fhapes of horror, according to the degree in which corruption has prevailed o er them, or the manner in which it has attacked them....dry and withered ; others have a fort of parchment on their hones ; fome look as if they were baked and fmoked, without any appearance of putridity ;...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 7, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 pages
...herfelf in a thoufand various mapes of horror, in the feveral carcafea, according to the degree in whicli corruption has prevailed over them, or the manner...their bones ; fome look as if they were baked and fmoked, without any appearance of rottennefs ; fome are jufl turning towards the point of putrefaction...
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Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and ..., Volume 1

1801 - 320 pages
...death, wherein fhe feems to take a pleafure to paint herfelf in a thoufand various fhapes of horror, according to the degree in which corruption has prevailed...dry and withered; others have a fort of parchment on their bones; fome look as if they were baked and fmoaked, without any appearance of putridity; fome...
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An Account of the European Settlements in America: Containing an ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1808 - 398 pages
...take a pleasure to paint herself in a thousand various shapes of horror, in the several carcasses, according to the degree in which corruption has prevailed...them. Some appear dry and withered; others have a sort of parchment upon their bones ; some look as if they were baked and smoaked, without any appearance...
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A Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Containing an Historical Account ..., Volume 1

John Brown - 1811 - 748 pages
...herself in a thousand various shapes of horror, in the several carcases, according to the degree m which corruption has prevailed over them, or the manner...them. Some appear dry and withered ; others have a sort of parchment upon their bones ; some look as if they were baked and smoked, without any appearance...
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of ...

R. P. Forster - 1818 - 514 pages
...thousand various shapes of horror, according to the degree which corruption has prevailed over them, or in the manner in which it has attacked them. Some appear dry and withered; others have a sort of parchment on their bones ; some look as if they were baked and smoked, without any appearance...
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Gleanings of Religion: Or a Compilaton Containing the Natural History of Man ...

Burton W. Carr - 1829 - 316 pages
...to take a pleasure to paint herself in a thousand various shapes of horror in the several carcasses, according to the degree in which corruption has prevailed...them. Some appear dry and withered; others have a sort of parchment upon their bones; some look as if they were baked and smoked, without any appearance...
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