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- adverb Obsolete spelling of
down . - preposition Obsolete spelling of
down .
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Examples
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The seuenth of May in the morning they passed by a tree that standeth on the left hand of the riuer as they went downe, which is called Mahomet Agatch, or Mahomets tree, and about three versts further, that is to say, to the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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The seuenth of May in the morning they passed by a tree that standeth on the left hand of the riuer as they went downe, which is called Mahomet Agatch, or Mahomets tree, and about three versts further, that is to say, to the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04
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Loys le Roy 113b, The men that were heauily armed had a salade, which couered their head, and came downe as far as their shoulders. a1600 Floddan F. ii.
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No surprise, it paints Jews as "wolves" who bite Jesus and "use all meanes they can devise/To beate downe truth, and goe against all right."
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So cõforting her as well as he could, at laste burst oute in teares, and wente from her downe into the court, wher wer walking the Lord of Tame [Sir John Williams], and Sir Henry Benifield: and he staieng asyde the Lord of Tame ... he spake on this wise: ...
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Furthermore, her guests would have appreciated sleeping on any of the twenty feather mattresses, along with matching bolsters, and eight "pillowes of downe"; down was the most expensive and luxurious filler material. 175 Special beds reserved for visitors of the highest rank were hung with canopies or "trauerses" made of crimson, yellow, and blue silk.
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February 12, 2008 at 6:11 am iz I lettin teh saide downe if i sez I preferze Dr Peppah to irn bru?
pleez tell me you see dem too.. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Saw massus ov sammum fishun botes gowin downe kollumbea gorge in Orgon.
4 out of 5 dentists recommend - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Ai iz jest downe der road kinda ifn yoo lewks onna map ai iz der jest downe frome yoo an poohbear.
k, I unnastanz nao - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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All those who cling to such fripperies of an era since past deserve to be smackt downe moste righteously.
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