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You behold in what manner he left me in my Lodging, having first playd away all my money at the Dice, and then deceiving me of my horse and garments also: but had not you (by great good lucke) thus holpe mee to stay him; a poore Gentleman had bin undone for ever, and I should never have found him againe.
The Decameron 2004
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Therefore, if this anguish be sensible to thee, learne what it is to mocke men of apprehension, and (amongst them especially) such as are Schollers: to prevent thy falling hereafter into the like extremity, if it be thy good lucke to escape out of this.
The Decameron 2004
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For they esteeme it a signe of ill lucke, or a prognostication of euill vnto them, when any man sits in their presence, holding downe his head, as if he were sad: especially when he leanes his cheeke or chinne ypon his hand.
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Of what wealth this towne should be, I am not able to resolue the asker: for I confesse that for mine owne part, I had not so much good lucke, as to be partaker so much as of one pennie, or penny worth.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Which first ill lucke will I recite, then iudge you plaine,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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For they esteeme it a signe of ill lucke, or a prognostication of euill vnto them, when any man sits in their presence, holding downe his head, as if he were sad: especially when he leanes his cheeke or chinne ypon his hand.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And hauing with all speede refreshed their ships, fearing the comming of the Englishmen they set sayle, and arriued safely in S. Lucar, not meeting with the enemie, to the great good lucke of the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Well thus this good lucke past, we through salt Seas did scoure,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The boyle was vp, wee had good lucke, [13] in frost, for and in snow; [14]
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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Gonner, who for skill and seruice, a title of Prince of Gonners iustly did deserue: And see the lucke, when he thought best to signifie his good will, by honouring Hymeneus bed, at nuptial night, a clap of that he neuer feared did ende his life.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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