The fnake fwam away from them very faft, keeping his head above water; the fifli fnapped at his tail, but when he turned himfelf, that fifli would withdraiv, and another would fnap, fo that by turns they kept him employed, yet he ftill defended himfelf, and fwam away a great pace, till they were out of fight. ❋ Unknown (1812)
And as the Cardinal continued yet to entertain fome doubt of the faft, Faleiro inftrufbed Magellan in a method to calculate the longitude, fo as not to overpafs the line t of demarcation. ❋ Unknown (1812)
I took eight or nine men with me, and marched to their houfes, which I found very mean, and their doors made faft with withes. ❋ Unknown (1812)
And; were it otherwise yet, as the promise of the one party would be sole Csideration for the promise of the other, should either faft in the per - nance of its engagements, the other would necessarily be discharge! ❋ Unknown (1812)
When they have eaten they lie down till the next low water, and then all that are able march out, be it night or day, rain or fhine, it is all one, they mud attend the wares or elfe they mufl; faft, for the earth aflFords them no food at all. ❋ Unknown (1812)
To thefe cords branches of trees were faft* ened; and between thefe branches hangings of cotton were fufpended fo as to form alcoves. ❋ Unknown (1812)
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. ❋ Unknown (1812)
In order to make my felf perfeftly underftood, I muft obferve, that it was the finding, cut of the Moluccas, or Spice-iilands, by the Portuguefe, that raifed that fpirit of difcovery, which produced Columbus's voyage, which ended in finding America; though in faft, Columbus intended rather to reach this country of New Holland. ❋ Unknown (1812)
It feems in faft to be urood, which has been long buried in the earth, and penetrated by mineral fteam, fo as to aflume the ap - pearance and folidity of coal. ❋ Unknown (1798)
The ice, in faft, in - dead of being heavier, was found to be lighter. ❋ Unknown (1798)
The early part of Mr. Burke*s life is rapidly passed over, as the events are taken from mere reports, the fidelity of which it was im - possible to ascertain without greater trouble than they seemed to de - serve; but, from the commencement of his public career, every step has been traced with the utmost care; and every faft has been estab - lished upon indisputable authorities. ❋ Charles M'cormick (1798)
They were fhaped entirely to the foot, gathered at the toes and round the ankles, and made faft with firings. ❋ Unknown (1797)
I am in - fprmed by founders who make them, that the external hard part docs not penetrate to a greater depth than about three quarters of an inch; and that the hardnefs is not grc; itcr than that of a good graver, i he procefs of turning them in the lathe, in faft, fticws this. ❋ Unknown (1797)
New-Haven had before appointed a faft, at the fame time, in all the plan - tations in that jurifdiftion. ❋ Unknown (1797)
And the faid Walter and John Tate in faft favj that before the making of the faid writing or policy of aflur - ahce, to wit, on the nineteenth day of July in the year aforefaid, ❋ Unknown (1797)
The faft of the great military forge being eftablifhed at the fame place, will be found to be proved by the obfervations on the firft fcpulchral monu - ment confidered in the following flicets. ❋ Unknown (1797)
But this faft was already known to Scheelc (Treatife of Air and Fire), and con - icquently the honour of this difcovery is his right. ❋ Unknown (1797)
And that was not to be done, but by removing the guilt of fin, whereby fin - niers were bound over to death: neither was this to be done, but by fatisfying the law, whofe awful fan6\ioH cf death ftrongly kept faft the guilt of death on the firincra. ❋ Unknown (1797)
It is 58 miles long and 1 2 broad, and abounds in corn, olives, faft-on, and wine. ❋ Unknown (1797)
This weight is made faft to the DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. ii the axis on which it is fupported; but the arm G i, fig. i, fcrews in and out as at c fig. 6. ❋ Abraham Brook (1797)
