occasioned

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Occasioned by a late illegal Attempt to discover Witches by Swimming, J. Roberts, 6d.

From The Annual Catalogue (1737) Or, A New and Compleat List of All The New Books, New Editions of Books, Pamphlets, &c. by Worrall, J.

Occasioned by seeing Bowood in Wiltshire, the home of the Earl of Shelburne, the lines are entitled: "On Reading Dr. Goldsmith's Poem, the Deserted Village."

From An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) by Clifford, James L.

So pass by all alarm, And trembling, and bustle, and terror, Occasioned within: The first stone at sin Let him cast who, himself, hath no error!

From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas

Occasioned by reading an Inscription on the Tombstone of Captain Christensen, of Krajore, in Norway, who died in consequence of the Bite of his Dog, when it was mad.

From Poems by Carr, John, Sir

Drapier, Occasioned by his Letter to the R—t.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Swift, Jonathan