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- adjective Mentioned or named
before ;aforesaid .
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Examples
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‘Given under our hands the day and date above-written, after a close consultation at the house of Mr. Mischief, who yet is alive, and hath his place in our desirable town of Mansoul.’
The Holy War 2001
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Maniack, and read once a-year by the heir male, or a principale gentleman of the name, to all honest Frasers that will continue faithfull to the duty I have enjoined in this above-written letter, to whom, with you and all honest Frasers, and my other friends, I leave my tender and affectionat blessing, and bid you my kind, and last farewell.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Mrs. Thomson
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All this above-written on the Solar or Astronomical origins of the myths does not of course imply that the Vegetational origins must be denied or ignored.
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Bernaldez, notary-public, who declared that he belonged to the fleet of the very illustrious Goncalo Pereira, captain-general, and read this response above-written.
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Let there be no doubt in the interlineation which occurs at the hundred and third line of the said reply, namely, _vindo questa_; and where it reads, in the margin, _e requeiro_, at the beginning of the two hundred and thirty-first line above-written -- for it is all correct.
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All this above-written on the Solar or Astronomical origins of the myths does not of course imply that the Vegetational origins must be denied or ignored.
Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886
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With a brain capable of such remarkable exercises as the above-written vision, living his life in an atmosphere of books, and with all games and relaxations dear to boys of his age denied to him, it was no marvel that
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The above-written self-description does not display a personality particularly attractive.
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Moreover, by aspirations (as you may perceive by the above-written copies) we understand certain short ejaculatory prayers, or burning desires, and lively and loving affections to God.
A Mirror for Monks. 1506-1566 1872
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John Yaxley, serjeant, to the part of this indenture remaining with the said John Pulan have put his seale the day and yeare above-written.
A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866
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