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Washington Post | Synthetic DNA on the brink of yelding new life forms Um daqueles títulos que faz tremer com o seu puro futurismo e laivos de hubris frankesteiniana.
Leituras Artur 2007
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The Saracenes, in yelding to them the haulf right of their kingdome: or the other, whiche for coueteousnes thereof yelded them selues to so rancke, and wicked a poyson of all vertue and godlynes.
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"I say this with pride, but also with the awareness of the very heavy political price which the IFP has paid in the past 20 years for not yelding to the rule of political expedience and opportunism."
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By the _yelding_ that crackles to mak the _low_ [3],
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Y.A.C. [2] The unlettered bard has probably confused "styx" with the kindling, "yelding," of hell-fire.
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The same citie was vnder the gouernement of Strato, and mainteined by the puissaunce of Darius, who yelding more by force of the people, then by free wil, was thought vnworthy to raigne and rule there.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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Blue Rocks starter Ivor Hodgson was impressive, yelding two runs in four innings on just two hits.
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The Saracenes, in yelding to them the haulf right of their kingdome: or the other, whiche for coueteousnes thereof yelded them selues to so rancke, and wicked a poyson of all vertue and godlynes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Princesse continually did stealingly cast vpon him, saw the often and sodaine chaunces of colour, wherein sometimes appeared ioye, which by and by did ende with infinite nomber of sighes, and with a countenance agreeable to that, which the hart kept secrete and couert, whereby he assured himselfe vnfainedly to be beloued, which caused him to do no lesse (for satisfaction of such like merite and desert done by Adelasia) but to beare vnto her like affection, forcinge her by all diligence and seruice to continue still that good will toward him, yelding himselfe a pray to the selfe same Loue.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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But I haue seene men weepe for sorowe of loue: I haue knowen them that haue beene slaues to loue, who before they haue loued, haue thoughte thraldome, the greatest euill: geuing awaye manye thinges, which had beene better for them to haue kept: and haue prayed to God to be exonerated of loue, aboue all other diseases, and yet coulde not be deliuered, being bound with stronger imprisonment then if they had beene tied with chaines, yelding themselues to their louers, seruing them with all obedience.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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