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Date: 1741 [1740]; continued in 1741
"Why, the Trees of Resolution, and the Shrubs of cautious Fear, whose intertwining Roots had contributed to support the frail Mound, being loosen'd from their Hold, they, and the Bank itself, will be seen floating on the Surface of the triumphant Waters."
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)