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  • To this gentleman, therefore, Bob went, and after a little bargaining, obtained from him a lease of the whole farm for seven years, on condition of his clearing fifty acres out of the 1,280 of which the grant consisted, and giving it up in a well-fenced and cultivable state at the end of the lease if required to do so.

    Ralph Rashleigh 2004

  • And I would expect marble to be kept not in some unsupervised encampment full of oddball hawkers and interlopers, but safe in the well-fenced site depot.

    A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

  • Dogs and pigs had their own pens, the horses a well-fenced running space.

    The Legacy of Heorot Niven, Larry 1987

  • Extended manœuvres were impracticable in this well-fenced agricultural area, so the training embraced much route-marching, and barrack-square work, musketry, signalling, visual training, etc.

    The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 John W. [Editor] Arthur

  • Not longer ago than last April, when the weather was fair, and I was in the height of my pride and glory, because of my eight valiant sons and seven fair daughters, who were strong and fat, and who walked in safety in a yard well-fenced round, wherein also were several large dogs for their protection,

    The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg Second Edition Unknown

  • "Very beautiful and well-fenced cities they are, worthy refuges of souls that merit salvation."

    Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Norman Bentwich 1927

  • Bought $2,200 worth of cattle and now have 250 head of hogs, have large, well-fenced fields of alfalfa and other grasses, so arranged

    From Slavery to Wealth The Life of Scott Bond The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance. Daniel Arthur 1917

  • “Very beautiful and well-fenced cities they are, worthy refuges of souls that merit salvation.”

    Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Bentwich, Norman 1910

  • Where, by the side of the road, direct the well-fenced vineyard,

    Euterpe 1909

  • There is building beyond building, and the court of the house is cunningly wrought with a wall and battlements, and well-fenced are the folding doors; no man may hold it in disdain.

    Book XVII Homer 1909

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