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It hath most holesome and sweete waters about it: for the veines of the said waters seeme to spring and flow from the mighty riuer of Euphrates, which is but a dayes iourney from the saide city.
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That which is thinne and cleare their masters drinke: and in very deed it is marueilous sweete and holesome liquor.
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Also the foresaid city is very great and colde, hauing good and holesome waters therein, vnto the which also store of marchandize is brought.
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Madagascar, and containing as much in compasse as all Holland, is a very high, goodly and pleasant land, full of green and fruitfull vallies, and replenished with Palmito-trees, from the which droppeth holesome wine.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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I haue eaten diuers times, for it is accounted exceeding holesome.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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This Citie hath one defect, for it is subiect to an euill ayre, which onely proceedeth of that hollownesse vnderneath, out of the which issueth infinite moisture: and that this is true the ayre without doth evidently testifie, which is more subtile and holesome then that beneath.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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That which is thinne and cleare their masters drinke: and in very deed it is marueilous sweete and holesome liquor.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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On the contrary, these plays were performed "to exort the mindes of common people to good devotion and holesome doctrine."
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Where holesome aires and exercise and pretie sports we find:
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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It is accounted a great curtesie amongst them to give unto their frends when they come to visit them, a Fin-ion or Scudella of _Coffa_, which is more holesome than toothsome, for it causeth good concoction, and driveth away drowsinesse.
All About Coffee 1909
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