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Leland, in his famous _Itinerary_ written in the sixteenth century, after describing the Bay of Torre as being about four miles across the entrance and "ten miles or more in compace," says: "The Fishermen hath divers tymes taken up with theyr nettes yn Torre-bay mussons of harts, whereby men judge that in tymes paste it hath been forest grounds."
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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I would also suggest finding a used compace car in the states. lots available and you should find a good one with low miles for your $8,000.
Car Talk 1919
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He feccheth his compace whan he shall bowe or knele,
Caxton's Book of Curtesye Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Cons: While I can actually pack the body and the lens in a fairly compact manner using dedicated neoprene pouches, the setup becomes decidedly not compace once I assemble them together.
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Some weak willed people who have no moral compace think that to be evil you have to be literally foaming at the mouth all the time and live in a big castle.
Irish Blogs 2009
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"floures and knottes in whose vault were gilded," he says, by the rich cardinal of Winchester; the latter, (the cloysters,) were both "large and faire;" the houses in the compace of the area of the college for the
A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers Susannah Watts 1805
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