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The town is mostly timber buildings, the trade and Concourse of people to it is Chiefly from the jntercourse it has with Ireland – most take this passage; and also ye jntercourse wth Wales wch is parted from it and England by ye river Dee wch washes ye Castle Walls in wch they keep their Stores, but nothing fine in it.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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A Century of Indian Epigrams; Chiefly from the Sanskrit of Bhartrihari.
Contemporary American Literature Bibliographies and Study Outlines John Matthews Manly 1902
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"Chiefly," smiled Lord Hastings, "because I don't want to go to the bottom."
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Another observation that I had is that he liked to use the word "Chiefly" and said it a total of three times, which isn't a lot I guess, but for that word I though it was.
When Tara Met Blog 2009
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"Chiefly," I said, "because I am the only person in the house who minds what is placed on the table.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 Various 1898
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Currently both bedfellows flaunt their roles in public, but the actual process of reducing their Chiefly/Religious footprint in Fiji politics would neither dent nor damage, the structural integrity of the progressing nation.
Global Voices in English » Fiji: Tension rises between government and Methodist Church 2009
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The arrests are a clear threat to two key pillars of Fiji society – the Methodist Church and the Chiefly System – and represent the most significant provocation from Bainimarama to civil society in Fiji since the 2006 coup.
Global Voices in English » Fiji: Tension rises between government and Methodist Church 2009
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Chiefly the downside associated with any tax: it reduces incentives to engage in economically productive activity.
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Chiefly, a new study by a researcher at the Harvard Business School (Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Networks as covers: Evidence from an on-line social network.") which used a random sampling of 300,000 Twitter users during May of 2009.
Howard Hughes and the Unctuous Imbroglio greygirlbeast 2009
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Supporters contend Ilolio attempted to save indigenous Chiefly system by attempting to modernize the entire government.
Global Voices in English » Fiji: President announces retirement 2009
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