occasioned

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Occasioned by putting him on shore at the Island of Sapola, for theft Since Nature taught you, Tray, to be a thief, What blame have you, for working at your trade?

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip

Occasioned by taking the city of Louisbourg, on the isle of Cape Breton, by New England soldiers, assisted by a British squadron.

From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood

A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of the late President Taylor.—Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, July 14, 1850 87 IV.

From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore

Heavy rains set in, and these were always so cold that the large drops falling upon us Occasioned quite a painful sensation.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by Grey, George

Occasioned by poverty, and necessity the cause of changes and revolution, 19.

From An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged by Playfair, William