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- noun Obsolete spelling of
wretch .
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Examples
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Worste of alle, deare Mother, this all-advised wretche doth spend alle his vacant houres in compiling a booke on the art (as he calleth it) of angling, surely a trifling petty wanton taske that will
Mince Pie Christopher Morley 1923
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I promise ye, a man that goes a broade, with an intent of trueth, meeting such a bootie may be prouokte to that he neuer meante. what makes so many pilferers and fellons, but such fond baites that foolish people lay: to tempt the needie miserable wretche.
Sir Thomas More Anonymous 1590
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Alas, alas, come hether Hodge: this wretche can tell you all.
Gammer Gurton's Needle Anonymous 1575
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Thus sholde thou pray thou wretche both day and nyght
The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 Sebastian Brant 1489
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I promise ye, a man that go [es] [abroade] with an intent of tr [u] eth, meeting [suc] h a bootie, may be prouokte to t [h] at he neuer tho [u] ght. what makes so man [y] pilferers and fellons, but these fond baite [s] that foolish people lay: to tempte the needie misera [ble] wretche
Sir Thomas More Anonymous 1590
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_ So it is, the sexten dyd tell me that | | B iij. | | ther was ones a knyght whiche fleeynge hys enemye, than aprochynge, dyd ride thorow ye wykyte, and than the wretche dispayrynge in hym selffe, apon a soden motion, dyd commend hymselffe to ye blessyd virgyne, whiche was than at hand.
The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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Ah ingrate wretche, is this nowe the rewarde of my loue, of my faithfull seruice, and mine obedience?”
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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• that I entertained any fear of their number; fo. 'as thej? wVre naked, unarmed wretche:?!
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ...: With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts ... 1790
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"The cxpoficyon of faynt Auguftynes. rule, after the great clerke and holy faynt Hugh, called," De fancto Viftore, "by the wretche of Syon,
Typographical antiquities: an historical account of printing in England ... 1790
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