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" When his powder failed, he took them by speed of foot ; for his way of living, continual exercise of walking and running, cleared him of all gross humours ; so that he ran with wonderful swiftness through the woods, and up the rocks and hills. "
The Wonders of the Little World; Or, A General History of Man:: Displaying ... - Page 455
by Nathaniel Wanley - 1806
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A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels: Containing ..., Volume 3

John Knox - Voyages and travels - 1767 - 530 pages
...which he made very good broth, for they are not fo rank as ours: he kept an account of 500 that he killed while there, and caught as many more, which...and let go. When his powder failed, he took them by fpeed of feet; for his way of living, continual exercife of walking and running, cleared him of all...
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An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World: Performed by ...

David Henry - Voyages around the world - 1774 - 488 pages
...broth. He kept an account of 500 that he killed while there, and caught as many more, which he marked in the ear and let go. "When his powder failed he took them by fpeed of feet, for his way of living and continual exercife cleared him of all grofs humours, fo that...
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Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum: Or, Magazine of ..., Volume 2

Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 560 pages
...made very good broth, for they are not so rank as ours: he kept an account of five hundred that he killed while there, and caught as many more, which he marked on the car and let go. When his powder failed, he took them by speed of foot; for his way of living, and continual...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 11

Great Britain - 1810 - 590 pages
...marie very good broth, for they are not so rank as ours ; he kept an 'account of five hundred that he killed, while there, and caught as many more, which...his way of living, and continual exercise of walking ami running, cleared him of all gross humours, so that he ran with wonderful swiftness through the...
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Affecting narrative of the loss of the Thames smack, February 8, 1809. Also ...

Thames smack - 1810 - 34 pages
...sometimes broiled his meat, as he had done his craw-fish. The goats here are not so rank as in_ England. When his powder failed, he took them by speed of foot,...exercise of walking and running, cleared him of all gross h umours, so that he ran with wonderful agility through the woods, and up the rocks and hills. When...
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The Life and Aventures of Robinson Crusoe: To which is Prefixed a ...

Daniel Defoe - 1810 - 348 pages
...which he made very good broth, for they are not so rank as ours. He kept an account of 500 that he killed while there, and caught as many more, which...go. When his powder failed, he took them by speed of feet; for his way of living, continual exercise of walking and running, cleared him of all gross humours...
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Remarkable Providences

Joseph Taylor - 1821 - 300 pages
...and very good : these he sometimes boiled, and at other times broiled, as he did his goats'-flesh, of which he made very good broth ; for they are not...caught as many more, which he marked on the ear and c let go*. When his powder failed he took them by speed of foot ; for his way of living, and continual...
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The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 4

sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 500 pages
...which he made very good broth, for they are not so rank as ours. He kept an account of 500 that he killed while there, and caught as many more, which...took them by speed of foot.; for his way of living, continual exercise of walking and running, cleared him of all gross humours ; so that he ran with wonderful...
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Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 12

James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1827 - 604 pages
...craw-fish, for want o{ salt. Of his goats' flesh he made very good broth. He kept an acconnt of 500 that h« killed while there, and caught as many more which...powder failed, he took them by speed of foot ; for hiï way of living and continual exercise of walking and running cleared him of all gross humours,...
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Biographical memoirs

Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1827 - 506 pages
...that he killed while there, and caught a* many more, which be marked on the ear, and let go. When k» powder failed, he took them by speed of foot ; for his way of liriur continual exercise of walking and running, cleared hiui o: aJ gross humours ; so that be ran...
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