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  • If the victim wants to drop the charges and she has moved on with her life why contiune this pursute?

    Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 09/28/09 2009

  • Thusly most of my pursute of game has been of the "ilk" with tales,. white tails cotton tails, bovine tail etc.

    A Strange, Sad Baboon Story 2008

  • In this our pursute after the sayle the Centurion being left a sterne, the next morning wee missed her, and spent that day in plying vp and down seeking her.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • [The English returne home from the pursute of the Spaniards the 4 of August.]

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • And yet the vnhappie stewarde not contented, with the mischiefe committed against the honour of his maister, seing that it was but lost time to continue his pursute, and that his gaine would bee no lesse then death, if she according to her promised threates did therof aduertise her husband, being a cholericke man, and lighte of beliefe, and because the said

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • By reason whereof, seing that so hard an enterprise required a longer abode, and that a hart so chast, could not so quickly be remoued from purpose, carefull on the other side to giue order to the waightie affayres of his realme, disquieted also on euery side, through the turmoile of warres, determined to depart the next day in the morning, reseruing till another time more conuenient the pursute of his loue.

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • Their horssemen and charets skirmished by the waie with the Romans, but so as they were put backe oftentimes into the woods and hills adioining: yet the Britains slue diuers of the Romans as they followed anie thing egerlie in the pursute.

    Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8) Raphael Holinshed

  • Gentlemen may learne by the successe of this discourse, what tormentes be in Loue, what trauailes in pursute, what passions like ague fittes, what disconueniences, what loste labour, what plaints, what griefes: what vnnatural attemptes be forced.

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • At which mishap his whole host being vtterlie discomfited, fled out of the field with the losse of manie, whereof some were slaine, and some taken by pursute.

    Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (2 of 12) William Rufus Raphael Holinshed

  • England; earle Algar being banished ioineth with the Welshmen against the English and Normans, and getteth the victorie; Harold the son of earle Goodwine putteth earle Algar & his retinue to their shifts by pursute, pacification betweene the generals of both armies, their hosts, Siward earle of Northumberland dieth; his giantlike stature, his couragious heart at the time of his deceasse, why Tostie one of

    Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (8 of 8) The Eight Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed

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