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Taught, the firſt AßkT! with piny rods to raiſe By quick attrition the domeſtic blaze,

Fan with ſoft breath, with kindling leaves provide And hit the dread Deſtroyer on his ſide.

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catched the boiling water in his hand from the cock of the tea- urn, and bellowed with pain, not conceiving that water could become hot, like red fire.

"Tools of ſteel conſtitute another important diſcovery in con-

ſequence of fire; and contributed perhaps principally to give the European nations ſo great ſuperiority over the American world.

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of foreſts, which in uncultivated countries almoſt ZERG the

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Young Meduſa frown'd. 1. 218. The Egyptian Meduſa is re- preſented on antient gems with wings on h ſnaky bair, and a beautiful countenance, which appears intenſely thinkin and was ſuppoſed to repreſent divine wiſdom. The Grecian Me-