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From them they deriued into cities and Tounes, the pure freshe waters, a great distaunce of, by conduicte of pipes and troughes, and suche other conueyance.
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You shall need alwayes to haue Argos eyes, to spie their secret packing and conueyance, aswell on land as aboord the shippe, of and for such furres and other commodities, as yeerely they doe vse to buy, packe and conuey hither.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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It is woonder to see the conueyance of the water to the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And I haue written to Dantiske already to them for the conueyance of letters from thence.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And according to the maner of those that trauell downe by water, we prepared a small barke for the conueyance of our selues and of our goods.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Whereas also the foresaid marchants were not wont to pay for a cocket for the conueyance and transportation of their goods out of the realme
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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For the eare is properly but an instrument of conueyance for the minde, to apprehend the sence by the sound.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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_Henry_ Earle of Surrey and Sir _Thomas Wyat_, betweene whom I finde very litle difference, I repute them (as before) for the two chief lanternes of light to all others that haue since employed their pennes vpon English Poesie, their conceits were loftie, their stiles stately, their conueyance cleanely, their termes proper, their meetre sweete and well proportioned, in all imitating very naturally and studiously their
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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It is woonder to see the conueyance of the water to the Ingenios by Mines through the mountaines.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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From them they deriued into cities and Tounes, the pure freshe waters, a great distaunce of, by conduicte of pipes and troughes, and suche other conueyance.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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