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  • Then to the Mill they forst him straight, whereas they bruis'd his bones

    John Barleycorn Carla 2008

  • Then to the Mill they forst him straight, whereas they bruis'd his bones

    Archive 2008-08-01 Carla 2008

  • Orange-Flower-Water; beat the Eggs and Water a Quarter of an Hour; then put in a Pound of sifted Sugar, three Quarter of a Pound of fine Flower well dry'd, beat this altogether an Hour and Half; then put in two Ounces of Coriander-Seeds a little bruis'd: When the Oven is ready, put them in little round Tin-Pans butter'd, and sift Sugar over them.

    Mrs. Mary Eales's receipts. (1733) Mary Eales

  • -- My right arm was greatly bruis'd, which I did not perceive till I drew on my glove.

    Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning

  • And brought water and fill'd a tub for his sweated body and bruis'd feet,

    Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library 1884

  • And brought water and fill'd a tub for his sweated body and bruis'd feet,

    Birds and Poets : with Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

  • He is baffled, bang'd, bruis'd -- he holds out while his

    Leaves of Grass [1867] 1867

  • The boy twirl'd it a moment in his fingers -- the bruis'd fragments gave out a momentary perfume, and then fell to the edge of the pit, over which the child at that moment lean'd and gazed in his inquisitiveness.

    Pieces in Early Youth, 1834-'42 ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855

  • And brought water and fill'd a tub for his sweated body and bruis'd feet,

    Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855

  • He is baffled, bang'd, bruis'd, he holds out while his strength holds out,

    Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855

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