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- p. p. of
shew .
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- verb Past participle of
shew
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Examples
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Then only, it has been shewn, is a state free when it is governed by its own will.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Then only, it has been shewn, is a state free when it is governed by its own will.
Forgotten thinker 2009
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No one pretends that for a moment, indeed the sharpness of enemy reprisals will certainly decrease as the Allied poundings itself is magnified, but the sting of the Stuka, the jeer of the Ju. 88, the drone of the Dormer, and the mischief of the Messerschmitt, have all been measured by the flying men of the United Nations, who have once again shewn themselves the salt of the earth.
The Plans Unfold 1944
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His bed of iron is shewn, which is in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, being nine cubits long, and four broad after the measure of the cubit of
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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His bed of iron is shewn, which is in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, being nine cubits long, and four broad after the measure of the cubit of
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 05: Deuteronomy The Challoner Revision
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His bed of iron is shewn, which is in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, being nine cubits long, and four broad after the measure of the cubit of a man's hand.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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His bed of iron is shewn, which is in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, being nine cubits long, and four broad after the measure of the cubit of a man's hand.
The Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Anonymous 1610
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Thus the Devil might point out the several quarters with his finger, and recount in words the greatness of each kingdom and its condition; for that is said to be shewn which is in any way presented to the understanding.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
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Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Creativity 2010
teflon commented on the word shewn
"Exchange stations shewn thus" - as seen on a map on an old Metropolitan Line train in the London Transport Museum.
February 18, 2008