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They moleste little girls (calling it marriage) and toss the boys out of the religion to cut down on the competition for little girls for the elders.
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Lady had been of the disposition of some women (that care not to moleste theyr husbands, for the first Flie that buzzeth before their eyes, conceyuing a friuolous and sodaine opinion of their chastitie, not so much assailed, or to sharpely defended, chaunting glorious Hympnes and high prayses of their victorie) certainly she had not tombled herselfe into the daunger, wherunto afterwards she fell.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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Epaminundas be - yng dedde, the Athenians ceased to practise, any one parte of chiualrie, their prowesse and dexteritée decaied: thei hauyng no aliaunte, and forraine enemie to moleste theim, or whom
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Whom sinister and bitter stormes of for - tune, doe daiely vexe and moleste, who in the defence of their
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At si quem profanum, uti uulgo solitum uobis, blanditiae uestrae detraherent, minus moleste ferendum putarem; nihil quippe in eo nostrae operae laederentur.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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This perverse substitution has called forth Leo XIII. 's remark on the men of our time, "Nothing comes so amiss to them as subjection and obedience," _Nihil tam moleste ferunt quam subesse et parere_.
Moral Philosophy Joseph Rickaby 1888
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C. Marius consul moleste tulisse traditur quod sibi asperrimum in Africa bellum gerenti tam delicatus quaestor sorte obvenisset.
A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885
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PerDoñad, madre abadesa, Mother Abbess, forgive me que en hora tal os moleste; for bothering you at such a time, mas para mí asunto es éste but for me this is a matter of my que honra y vida me interesa. life and my honour, you see.
Don Juan Tenorio Jos�� Zorrilla 1855
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Qui ergo scit se quibusdam esse præpositum, non moleste ferat aliquem sibi esse præpositum; sed obedientiam quam exigit etiam ipse dependat; et sicut non vult gravis oneris sarcinam ferre, ita non audeat aliis importabile pondus imponere_.
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John Isaac Newton 1684
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Prosecutors said Loftin pushed the victim to the ground and moleste ...
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local SmileySometimes 2010
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