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D'r Earles was at that tyme Chaplyne in the house to the Earle of
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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D'r Hammon, D'r Earles, M'r Chillingworth, and indeede all men of eminent partes and facultyes in Oxforde, besydes those who resorted thither from London, who all founde ther lodgings ther as ready as in ther
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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D'r _Laud_ (then Bishop of _London_) publickly reproved, shewing to him the plainness of his own apparrel.
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A note, in the Morrison Manuscripts, from Garrick to D'r John Hoadley, dated January 3, 1776, concludes thus “We have found the lost sheep, Henry Fielding's Good Natured Man which was mislaid near twenty years.”
Henry Fielding A Memoir Godden, G M 1909
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With the highest esteem, I am, D'r Ma'am, Y'r most ob'd't and h'mble serv't,
Dear Enemy Jean Webster 1896
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It is believed the troops will surely return in Nov. I write in a hurry and amidst a crowd of inquisitive people, therefore hope you will excuse the inaccuracy of, D'r.
The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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In this form it is no dictionary word, but under the root "D'r" I find in the Muhít: "wa 'l-'ámatu takúlu fulánun da'irun ya'ní ghalízun jáfin" = the common people say such a one is "daiir," i.e., rude, churlish.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Verses; it is a farewel to the vanities of the world, and some say written by D'r.
The Complete Angler 1653 Izaak Walton 1638
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From this point came his nickname the Sundgau Lion (als: D'r sundgauer Leeb).
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Remember me to your Mother and all Friends and beUeve me, D'r Copley, Your sincere Friend and humble Serv*t.
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