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creatures or No rest on earth
The vanity of creatures; or, No rest on earth.
— from Hymns and Spiritual Songs by Isaac Watts

composed of nine regiments of English
Here is some of it: The Gens d'Armes, or Mousquetaires Gris, attacked the first line, composed of nine regiments of English foot, and four or five of Austrians, and some Hanoverians.
— from The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe by William Charles Henry Wood

counties of Northampton Rutland Oxford Essex
Thomas Engaine held lands in Pitchley, in the county of Northampton, by service of finding at his own cost certain dogs for the destruction of wolves, foxes, &c. in the counties of Northampton, Rutland, Oxford, Essex, and Buckingham.
— from The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Joseph Strutt

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