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“The ARTER strynge is the conduyt of the lyfe spiryte.”
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“The ARTER strynge is the conduyt of the lyfe spiryte.”
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“The ARTER strynge is the conduyt of the lyfe spiryte.”
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Gyff mie strynge anlace maie bewryen whatte I bee.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Youre lymbes shall bende, albeytte strynge as stele;
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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"I've never seen anythink strynge in my life," he said.
The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927
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John, I'm for nane o 'yer strynge nurse bodies for Ailie.
The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902
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"It 'as this to do with it that when you arsk me what sort that young lydy is I' ave to reply as she's not the sort to accept money from strynge gentlemen, because it ain't what she's after."
The Dust Flower Basil King 1893
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"It's a strynge thing to me," Steptoe reasoned, "that when one poor person gets a lift, every other poor person comes down on 'em."
The Dust Flower Basil King 1893
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[f] thye all maner of small byrdes tymbre that fyre tyere that egge chyne that samon strynge that lampraye
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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