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... feet long , in the woods where the timber grows , and has them carried on these engines three or four hundred yards to the fea . Five hundred carpen- ters and engineers were immediately fet at work to pre- pare the greatest engine they ...
... feet long , in the woods where the timber grows , and has them carried on these engines three or four hundred yards to the fea . Five hundred carpen- ters and engineers were immediately fet at work to pre- pare the greatest engine they ...
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... feet high , and almost two feet wide , through which I could eafily creep . On each fide of the gate was a fmall window , not above fix inches from the ground into that on the left fide the King's fmith con- veyed fourfcore and eleven ...
... feet high , and almost two feet wide , through which I could eafily creep . On each fide of the gate was a fmall window , not above fix inches from the ground into that on the left fide the King's fmith con- veyed fourfcore and eleven ...
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... feet , I looked about me , and must confefs I never beheld a more en- tertaining profpect . The country around appeared like a continued garden , and the inclofed fields , which were ge- nerally forty feet fquare , refembled fo many ...
... feet , I looked about me , and must confefs I never beheld a more en- tertaining profpect . The country around appeared like a continued garden , and the inclofed fields , which were ge- nerally forty feet fquare , refembled fo many ...
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... feet : but that prince , who is an excellent horfeman , kept his feat , till his attendants ran in , and held the bridle , while his ma- jefty had time to difmount . When he alighted , he fur- veyed me round with great admiration ...
... feet : but that prince , who is an excellent horfeman , kept his feat , till his attendants ran in , and held the bridle , while his ma- jefty had time to difmount . When he alighted , he fur- veyed me round with great admiration ...
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... feet from the end of my chain . The next thing he demanded , was one of the hol- low iron pillars ; by which he meant my pocket - piftols . I drew it out , and , at his defire , as well as I could , ex- preffed to him the use of it ...
... feet from the end of my chain . The next thing he demanded , was one of the hol- low iron pillars ; by which he meant my pocket - piftols . I drew it out , and , at his defire , as well as I could , ex- preffed to him the use of it ...
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