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And within foure Monethes aftre, Noas and all his beyng restored to the earth, with Goddes furtheraunce in shorte space repeopled the worlde.
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Of bodie thei are very lighte, swifte of foote, and shorte liued as not passyng xl. yeres, he that liueth longest.
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Confyrmyng by great othes, that I would goe to those kinges that were most enemies to the Christians: affyrmyng furthermore, that I knewe certain secretes greatly to be esteemed, which if they were knowen to the sayde kynges, I doubted not but that in shorte tyme I should bee sent for from Mecha.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Generall seeing the Spaniards shamefullie to flie, caused 2. ladders belonging to the enemies, to be brought out of a church which stood without the towne, whereof the one was too shorte, notwithstanding himselfe with one of the ladders climed vp the walles, one man at once followed, and by this meanes entered the towne ouer the wals.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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For he had a greate heade, large visage, longe jawes, sharpe eyen, a shorte necke, crooked backe, greate belly, greate legges, and large fete.
Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995
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For he had a greate heade, large visage, longe jawes, sharpe eyen, a shorte necke, crooked backe, greate belly, greate legges, and large fete.
Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995
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Truly sir quoth the fellowe, thats the house I should goe to, I pray you sir lend me your hand, but to help the Trunck on my back, for I thinking to ease me a while vpon your stall, set it shorte, and now I can hardly get it vp againe.
The Third and Last Part of Conny-Catching. (1592) With the new deuised knauish arte of Foole-taking R. G.
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Another forme is called _Oictros_, or cõmiseracion, wherby teares be pyked out, or pyty is moued, or forgeuenes, as in Ciceros peroraciõs, and complaintes in Poets: And to be shorte ther is gotten no greater admiracion or commendacion of eloquence then of these two, _AEtopeia_, and _Pathopeia_, if they be vsed in place.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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Age, havinge so much dispatched the businesse of life, that the oldest rarely attayne to that immense knowledge, and the youngest enter not into the world with more innocence, and whosoever leads such a life, neede not care upon how shorte warninge it be taken from him.
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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In the seconde place, the Assembly doth most humbly crave pardon that in so shorte [458] a space they could bring their matter to no [459] more perfection, being for the present enforced to sende home titles rather then lawes, Propositions rather then resolutions, Attemptes then
Colonial Records of Virginia Various
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