The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (94 page)

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A Turkish dagger.

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poetic form.

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Cloaks.

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Many of the names which follow are taken from genealogies in the Old Testament (notably 1 Chronicles 6:1–15).

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Edward Vernon (1684–1757) besieged Cartagena in 1741.

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The War of the Austrian Succession (1741–8), one of the consequences of the provisions of the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713.

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i.e. Ferdinand VI (reigned 1746–59).

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