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A great number of ladies of the first rank were present, and if honeyed words from pretty lips could surfeit,
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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If a scheme was set on foot to rescue the king, or to retrieve a stray trinket -- to restore the royal authority, or to make a frail damsel an honest woman -- to cure the nation of anarchy, or a lap-dog of a surfeit,
William Lilly's History of His Life and Times From the Year 1602 to 1681 William Lilly 1641
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If a scheme was set on foot to rescue the king, or to retrieve a stray trinket ” to restore the royal authority, or to make a frail damsel an honest woman ” to cure the nation of anarchy, or a lap-dog of a surfeit,
William Lilly's History of His Life and Times Lilly, William, 1602-1681 1715
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