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- noun Archaic spelling of
breed . - verb Archaic spelling of
breed .
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Examples
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Yet are generally all rare things and such as breede maruell & admiration somewhat holding of the vndecent, as when a man is bigger & exceeding the ordinary stature of a man like a Giaunt, or farre vnder the reasonable and common size of men as a dwarfe, and such vndecencies do not angre vs, but either we pittie them or scorne at them.
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Yet are generally all rare things and such as breede maruell & admiration somewhat holding of the vndecent, as when a man is bigger & exceeding the ordinary stature of a man like a Giaunt, or farre vnder the reasonable and common size of men, as a dwarfe, and such vndecencies do not angre vs, but either we pittie them or scorne at them.
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Ik weet dat er in uden een schoennen winkel zit speciaal voor mensen met een breede kuit.
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But a knowledge of "the true distinction of lawes" is essential if we are not to "breede disturbance": "to measure by any one kind of law all the actions of men were to confound the admirable order, whereine God have disposed all lawes, each as in nature, so in degree distinct from other".
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But a knowledge of "the true distinction of lawes" is essential if we are not to "breede disturbance": "to measure by any one kind of law all the actions of men were to confound the admirable order, whereine God have disposed all lawes, each as in nature, so in degree distinct from other".
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I would therefore counsell you, to let it be pluckt out, before it breede your further danger.
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For if the Marchants that stande by should vnderstand the bargaine, it would breede great controuersie amongst them.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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So that it would breede a frost in a man to looke abroad at that time, and see the Winter face of that
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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In these mountaines doe Ierfalcons breede, whereof I haue spoken before.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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Nothing he left vnsaid that tongue could say, To breede contempt of death, or hate of thrall, Honours reward, fame for a famous day,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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