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  • noun Obsolete spelling of soul.

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Examples

  • Yea, they may be: but it is onelie _secundum quid_: For it is not by anie power that they can haue over him, but _ex pacto_ allanerlie: whereby he oblices himself in some trifles to them, that he may on the other part obteine the fruition of their body & soule, which is the onlie thing he huntes for.

    Daemonologie. King of England James I 1595

  • For who that hath red Plato his dialogue called Alcibiades, Xenophon and Maximus Tyrius of Socrates opinions, may easily perceiue, that such loue is muche to be alowed and liked of, specially so meant, as Socrates vsed it: who sayth, that in deede he loued Alcybiades extremely, yet not Alcybiades person, but hys soule, which is Alcibiades owne selfe.

    Shepheardes Calendar 1579

  • And even so, verily, reason maketh good use of these passions, when they be well tamed, and, as it were, brought to hand: without overweakening or rooting out cleane that parte of the soule which is made for to second reason and do it good service ....

    Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

  • Probably both the rose-garden concept and the book title contributed to the idea of referring to a collection of written prayers and devotions as a metaphorical rosary, such as the 1526 Rosary of Our Savyour Jesu or the 1533 Mystik sweet Rosary of the faytheful soule.

    Archive 2009-07-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • Probably both the rose-garden concept and the book title contributed to the idea of referring to a collection of written prayers and devotions as a metaphorical rosary, such as the 1526 Rosary of Our Savyour Jesu or the 1533 Mystik sweet Rosary of the faytheful soule.

    The Name of the Rosary elena maria vidal 2009

  • La je dis a ma mere que je prefere de toute facon arreter car ca soule de les faire deplacer tous les lundi pour un truc dont je n'ai de toute facon pas besoin.

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009

  • Han ca soule j'en ai marre de faire des aller/retour maison parents/chez moi, chez moi/maison parents!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009

  • Un peu le ventre grognant, on se bouffe des cookies et on se soule aux candy up fraise!!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008

  • First commending my soule to God that gave it … And my body to Christian buriall.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • First commending my soule to God that gave it … And my body to Christian buriall.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

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