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Household-Work, made the Bed, clean'd the House, wash'd the Dishes; nay, farther than so, got up in the Morning, scour'd the Irons, made the Fire,
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And have steep'd and clean'd each gorge ere 'twas fix'd upon the lure;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Proofs of your extraordinary Skill as a Politician, except a vast Crowd of Pamphlets; And what are they but the mere Cobwebs of Politicks, that owe their Birth to the House being neglected, and are all swept away when it is clean'd?
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I was broke of it all at once, occasioned by the correction of an old black servant that liv'd in the family -- One day I had just clean'd the knives for dinner, when one of the maids took one to cut bread and butter with; I was very angry with her, and called upon God to damn her; when this old black man told me I must not say so.
A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
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-- I pick'd them up, all over dirt; and, well as I could, clean'd them with my handkerchief.
Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning
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-- One day I had just clean'd the knives for dinner, when one of the maids took one to cut bread and butter with; I was very angry with her, and called upon God to damn her; when this old black man told me I must not say so: I ask'd him why?
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One day I had just clean'd the knives for dinner, when one of the maids took one to cut bread and butter with; I was very angry with her, and called upon God to damn her; when this old black man told me I must
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The Place must be dress'd Morning and Evening after it is clean'd with Lime Water, and wiped well with a Linnen Cloth.
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England_, both which he carried to the _Bahama Islands_, and there clean'd.
Pirates Charles Johnson 1730
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Ingredients well together into a Paste or as a farced Meat for Balls about the Bigness of small Wallnuts; then take two or three large Veal Sweat breads, and cut them in pieces; then provide a Pint of Mushroom Buttons well clean'd, and the Yolks of eight hard Eggs cut in halves, a dozen
The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm Richard Bradley 1710
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