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- noun Obsolete spelling of
rarity .
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Examples
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Which he commaunded to be done as well for the ioy that he had recouered the thing, which he accompted lost, as to declare and acknowledge to euery wight, that vertue cannot make herselfe better knowen: than at that time, when the actions and deedes of great personages be semblable in raritie and excellencie to their nobilitie.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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He says of the wild strawberry: "It may be eaten or chewed in the mouth without any manner of offense; it is no great bearer, but those it doth beare are set at the toppes of the stalks, close together, pleasant to behold, and fit for a gentlewoman to wear on her arme, &c., as a raritie instead of a flower."
Success with Small Fruits Edward Payson Roe 1863
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This History, as for the raritie and varietie of the subiect, so much more for the judicious Eyes it is like to vndergoe, and most of all for that great Name, whereof it dareth implore Protection, might and ought to haue beene clad in better robes then my rude military hand can cut out in Paper Ornaments.
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Some times there are great droughts, other times much raine, yet great necessitie of neither, by reason we see not but that all the raritie of needfull fruits in Europe, may be there in great plentie, by the industry of men, as appeareth by those we there Planted.
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Today I bring you another raritie from Eva's childhood, and old issue of Paris Match with her mother Marlène Jobert on the cover.
EvaGreenWeb.com 2009
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As we fee experiently in al other faculties or myfleries, where fewefl Occupiers, be of the lame there be they moofl dangerous, and hardeft to be goten to do their facultie, and mooft exceffive in taking for the fame: as fcarfitie or raritie of any thing elfe maketh the fame deir.
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