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"By her highnes accustumed mercy and charitee, nyne cured of the peynfull and daungerous diseaz, called the king's euill; for that Kings and Queenz of this Realm withoout oother medsin (saue only by handling and prayerz) only doo cure it."
Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten
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Moreover to teche them sondry languages, and othyr lerninges vertuous, to harping, to pype, sing, daunce, and with other honest and temperate behaviour and patience; and to kepe dayly and wekely with these children dew convenity, with corrections in theyre chambres, according to suche gentylmen; and eche of them to be used to that thinge of vertue that he shall be moste apt to lerne, with remembraunce dayly of Goddes servyce accustumed.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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As it is told of a certen wrestler, whych, accustumed to beare a calfe by certein furlonges, bare hym whẽ he was waxen a bull, wythoute anye payne: for the encrease was not felt, whych euerye daye was put to the burden.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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He neuer feasted amonge hys flocke, but as Comedies be wont to haue a mery endyng, so contrary when they had eaten theyr meat, one or other was haled oute to be beaten wyth roddes: and sometime he raged against them that had deserued nothynge, euen because they shuld be accustumed to stripes.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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¶ To these maners the chyld is so accustumed, that custume goeth into nature.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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And as cõmonlye it accustumeth it selfe to vyce, or euer it vnderstand what vyce is, so wyth lyke easynes maye it be accustumed to vertue.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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They straitlie require their lesson of them: if the chylde fayle, he is beaten: and whẽ this is done daily because the child shuld be more accustumed to it, thei thinke they haue plaied the part of a gaye scholemaster.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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The people are accustumed to use that software (most paid), accustumed to work in that way and in the most times the question; "why to change?".
Sun Bloggers 2009
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The people are accustumed to use that software (most paid), accustumed to work in that way and in the most times the question; "why to change?".
Sun Bloggers 2009
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King County has the largest population in Washington, and most voters are accustumed to voting by mail.
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