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- noun Obsolete form of
privilege .
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Examples
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Frown not on me, Ladies, that I seem to be thus severe in reproving the excess of Apparel; yet I do not deny, there is a kind of priviledg in youth for wearing fashionable Clothes, Jewels and Diamonds, which
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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Frown not on me, Ladies, that I seem to be thus severe in reproving the excess of Apparel; yet I do not deny, there is a kind of priviledg in youth for wearing fashionable Clothes, Jewels and Diamonds, which Nature (who doth nothing in vain) hath provided; and whatsoever some maliciously may whisper to the contrary; the use of Apparel is to dignifie the Wearer, and add more beauty to the Creature, provided the Apparel be not above the dignity of her that weareth it, nor doth exceed the Arithmetick of her Revenues.
The Gentlewomans Companion [Unknown] 1589
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Somnus fast bound by the chain of reflection, Should I proove unworthy of the priviledg [e] allotted me!
Letter from Samuel R. Blake to Thomas Blake, September 23, 1831 1831
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And yet Nature hath limited this priviledg of Women with strict Laws.
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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A priviledg which men ought not to envy them, because whatever imbellishment she bestows on her own beauty, is to be supposed an effect of that great love she would shew to man, by endeavouring and studying how to shew her self most complaisant, grateful, and acceptable to man.
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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This virtue of Humility, above all others,, hath this great priviledg in extraordinary emnence.
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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A priviledg which men ought not to envy them, because whatever imbellishment she bestows on her own beauty, is to be supposed an effect of that great love she would shew to man, by endeavouring and studying how to shew her self most complaisant, grateful, and acceptable to man.
The Gentlewomans Companion [Unknown] 1589
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And yet Nature hath limited this priviledg of Women with strict Laws.
The Gentlewomans Companion [Unknown] 1589
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'Tis a matchless priviledg to behold Christ in his Beauty.
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