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Her hands they were bound, and her white bosom bar'd;
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All Actions must be barred, bar'd I mean for a Time, till the
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"All this night (in despite of darknesse) he held his eyes open; and in the morning, when the _delight_ began to restore to each body his colour, then with curtains bar'd he himselfe from the enjoying of it; neither willing to feele the comfort of the day, nor the ease of the night."
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The bench-boards they bar'd them, and there they spread over
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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In the river the great fish remained, its fin just above the surface, and was called by the Indians "Fish that Bars," because it bar'd navigation.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux Marie L. McLaughlin
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She running seem'd; -- her limbs the breezes bar'd;
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II 43 BC-18? Ovid
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But he look'd on, and smil'd, nor bar'd his sword,
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson
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In the river the great fish remained, its fin just above the surface, and was called by the Indians "Fish that Bars," because it bar'd navigation.
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When I seen books I ached ter git in ter um, fur I knowed dat dey had de stuff fer me, an 'I wanted ter taste dere contents, but most of de time dey wuz bar'd aginst me.
John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908
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Her sleeve back turn'd the maiden, and bar'd her arm of snow,
Song and Legend from the Middle Ages Porter Lander MacClintock 1906
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