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He encouraged colonization by facilitating well-assorted marriages, attracted allies by his liberality, and, while inspiring the Iroquois with terror, he gained their confidence and saved from torture many French captives.
Archive 2008-02-10 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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To prudery she added bigotry, a well-assorted lining.
Les Miserables 2008
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He encouraged colonization by facilitating well-assorted marriages, attracted allies by his liberality, and, while inspiring the Iroquois with terror, he gained their confidence and saved from torture many French captives.
Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, a short biography de Brantigny........................ 2008
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There is something wonderfully attractive about it; its colouring in particular appeals so to the eye that a good show of well-assorted fruit is always certain to ensure attention.
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Without any longing after the magnificence of the Tringle mansion she knew how great was the fall from her father's well-assorted luxuries and prettinesses down to the plain walls, tables, and chairs of her Uncle Dosett's house.
Ayala's Angel 1993
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One was always sure of meeting desirable and well-assorted people here, and a _contre-temps_ was impossible.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
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There is something wonderfully attractive about it; its colouring in particular appeals so to the eye that a good show of well-assorted fruit is always certain to ensure attention.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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And as the dean had really some cleverness, and "a well-assorted selection" of anecdotes and illustrations "from the best markets," (as his worthy father would have advertised it,) and could fill the chair at his own entertainments with ease if not with gracefulness, and moreover was not close with his purse-strings, and could always be reckoned safe for a L.20 note if a dun was troublesome,
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various
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The leaves are gathered when ripe, and are dried and well-assorted before baling.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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Two suits of armor stand on guard, one on each side, by each well-assorted bookcase.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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