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They rub'd and stir'd him up and down, and oft did toyl and ture
John Barleycorn Carla 2008
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They rub'd and stir'd him up and down, and oft did toyl and ture
Archive 2008-08-01 Carla 2008
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Then again she was in a fit, and he again rub'd her breast &c ....
The Emancipation of Massachusetts Brooks Adams 1887
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Some Children are hardly weaned, although the breast be rub'd with wormwood or mustard, they will either wipe it off, or else suck down sweet and bitter together; so is it with some Christians, let
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Helen Campbell 1878
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Well, it rub'd all the writin out of his face, as quick as spittin on a slate takes a sum out, you may depend.
The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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Well, it rub'd all the writin 'out of his face, as quick as spittin' on
The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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When these have boiled half a quarter of an Hour, take out the Onion, and Lemon, and thicken your Liquor, with about three Pounds of Butter, rub'd in a little Flour; then put in the Body of a Crab, or
The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm Richard Bradley 1710
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Orange-Flower-Water, or Rose-Water; then take five or six Pounds of Currans well pick'd, and rub'd dry with a coarse Cloth, but not wash'd.
The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm Richard Bradley 1710
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Smelts must be only rub'd with a coarse Cloth, and then flour'd, and thrown into the Pan.
The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm Richard Bradley 1710
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Son stood by, and when they thought she was in a Fit, rub'd her and brush'd her as before, and beckned to others to do the like; after Prayer he proceeded; Q.
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