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my affection to his Lady and by
The thought of this boy hath much cool'd my affection to his Lady, and by all conjectures, this is a disguised whore; I will try if I can search this Mine, Page— Ver.
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 10 of 10 by John Fletcher

mess all the halt lame and blind
When the War Flight was first started Jumbo had palmed off on me, being new in the mess, all the halt, lame, and blind for a working party, for he had a habit of secreting away all the best men for nefarious jobs of his own.
— from The Spider Web: The Romance of a Flying-Boat War Flight by T. D. Hallam

Meadows and Timberline HORNED LARK a brownish
Birds of the Mountain Meadows and Timberline HORNED LARK —a brownish ground bird, whitish beneath, a little larger than a sparrow.
— from Olympic National Park, Washington by Gunnar O. Fagerlund

mouth and touched his lips and by
The “live coal” was laid upon his mouth, and touched his lips; and by this fiery baptism his iniquity was taken away and his sin was purged.
— from When the Holy Ghost is Come by Samuel Logan Brengle

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