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  • You powers of heauen, rayne honour on his hearse, And tune the Cherubins to sing his fame, Let Infants in the last age him rehearse, And let no more, honour be Honor’s name: Let him that will obtaine immortall vearse, Conquer the stile of _Grinuile_ to the same, For till that fire shall all the world consume, Shall neuer name, with _Grinuile_ name presume.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Someone, it was Kipling wasn't it?, dourly opined that "East is East and West is West and Ne'er the Twain Shall Meet."

    Wide, Wide World 1958

  • Pericles speeded him; adding in English, 'Shall she taste prison-damp, zat voice is killed.'

    Vittoria — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868

  • Pericles speeded him; adding in English, 'Shall she taste prison-damp, zat voice is killed.'

    Vittoria — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • Pericles speeded him; adding in English, 'Shall she taste prison-damp, zat voice is killed.'

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Bala Ibn NaÁllah, expressed discomfort with the new couching of the clause with the word Shall which makes it mandatory for the President, Governor or Local Government Chairman to transmit a letter informing the parliament of his leave or medical vacation within 21 days.

    Thisday Online 2010

  • Bala Ibn NaÁllah, expressed discomfort with the new couching of the clause with the word Shall which makes it mandatory for the President, Governor or Local Government Chairman to transmit a letter informing the parliament of his leave or medical vacation within 21 days.

    Thisday Online 2010

  • Now the phrase Shall Not Be Infringed is pretty straightforward.

    Sharp as a Marble 2008

  • "Shall" -- Johnson made use of the imperative "shall" in regard to the removal of Edwin M. Stanton, for which attempt he was afterward sought to be impeached.

    Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget

  • The screening line up includes: the beloved The Princess Bride on Friday, June 22, the Valley girls vs. zombies Night of the Comet on Saturday, June 23, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Shall We Dance on Friday, June 29, and a Christmas-in-June screening of A Christmas Story on Saturday, June 30 as part of our fourth annual Family Day celebration.

    Los Angeles Film Festival 2007 2007

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