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this island great numbers of negroes
The French and Spaniards purchased in this island great numbers of negroes for the supply of their settlements, together with great quantities of merchandize of the manufactures [105] of Great Britain.
— from The History of the Island of Dominica Containing a Description of Its Situation, Extent, Climate, Mountains, Rivers, Natural Productions, &c. &c. by Thomas Atwood

ther is gyuen none other name
Neither is there saluacion in ony other: For among men vnder heauen ther is gyuen none other name wherin we must be saued.
— from A treatise of the cohabitacyon of the faithfull with the vnfaithfull. Whereunto is added. A sermon made of the confessing of Christe and his gospell, and of the denyinge of the same. by Heinrich Bullinger

these in general neither offend nor
[Pg 241] scent.—Some dipterous insects—though these in general neither offend nor delight us by it—are distinguished by their smell.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 2 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

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