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History of the Human Heart, or, The Adventures of a Young Gentleman choose

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[UK] Hist. of the Human Heart 127: From viewing their Faces, he bashfully cast his Eyes on the Altar of Love [...] The Throne of Love was thickly covered with jet-black Hair.
at altar of hymen, n.
[UK] Hist. of the Human Heart 138: When I put down my Hand to oppose his Entrance, for he had already penetrated the Outworks, I found he had exhausted all his Ammunition in the Storm, and had not one Grain of Powder left to carry on the Attack if I had left the Fort without a Guard.
at ammunition, n.
[UK] Hist. of the Human Heart 44: Camillo [...] pushing boldly to pierce the obstructing Hymen, broke the Bridle of his fiery Courser, and was obliged by the extreme Anguish to retreat from the Field of Battle.
at bridle, n.
[UK] Hist. of the Human Heart 154: You may find a Cooler before you get to your Lodgings.
at cooler, n.
[UK] Hist. of the Human Heart 123: [At] a noted Bagnio [...] they met with a Covey of Town Partridges, which Camillo liked better than all he had ever drawn a Net over in the Country, and amongst them Miss M– the famous Posture Girl.
at covey, n.1
[UK] Hist. of the Human Heart 293: Camillo, in some of his Rambles, had taken in a foreign Fire, which he communicated to the Countess, [...] when the Peer her Husband found he had catched the Flame.
at flame, n.
[UK] Hist. of the Human Heart 36: It will not be long before you know Madge from a Cut.
at Madge Howlet, n.
[UK] Hist. of the Human Heart 123: [At] a noted Bagnio [...] they met with a Covey of Town Partridges, which Camillo liked better than all he had ever drawn a Net over in the Country, and amongst them Miss M- the famous Posture Girl.
at partridge, n.
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