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SEVERAL young Men at the Universities, terribly possed with the fear of Pedantry, run into a worse Extream, and think all
A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue 2003
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There are but two Extream Changes in every Twelve-score, wherein 'tis constantly observed, that the last Extream
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing Wherein is laid down plain and easie Rules for Ringing all sorts of Plain Changes Richard Duckworth
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Twelve-score Changes, the Extream is to be made between the 5 and 4, which were the two Bells that made the last
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing Wherein is laid down plain and easie Rules for Ringing all sorts of Plain Changes Richard Duckworth
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Fourth down, Extream between the two farthest Bells from it.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing Wherein is laid down plain and easie Rules for Ringing all sorts of Plain Changes Richard Duckworth
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Now the _Fourth_, which is the _half Hunt_, being behind the _Extream_ Bells, the next is to be an _Extream Change_, which may be made either between the two farthest Bells from the _half Hunt_, or the two nearest to it; and after the _Extream Change_ is made, the _whole Hunt_ and _half
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing Wherein is laid down plain and easie Rules for Ringing all sorts of Plain Changes Richard Duckworth
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The Twenty-four Changes are to be Rang another way, in hunting up the Treble, which is, by making every Extream
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing Wherein is laid down plain and easie Rules for Ringing all sorts of Plain Changes Richard Duckworth
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For this Reason, when he paints a white Habit, he should take one of the four Kinds of Colours that are clear and open; and so again in painting any black Habit, let him use another Extream, but not absolute Black, as for Instance, the
The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art Cicely Margaret Powell [Editor] Binyon
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The 720 plain Changes are to be rang or set down One thousand four hundred and forty several wayes, by altering the whole _hunt_, half _hunt_, quarter _hunt_, and Extream
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing Wherein is laid down plain and easie Rules for Ringing all sorts of Plain Changes Richard Duckworth
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_Extream_ Bells, makes the Six-score Changes on 5 Bells in a perfect course, the half Hunt and quarter hunt in the
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing Wherein is laid down plain and easie Rules for Ringing all sorts of Plain Changes Richard Duckworth
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The _Treble_ should now be _hunted_ down, but it being already before the Bells, insomuch that it can be removed no lower; therefore the first must be an _Extream Change_, either between the two nearest, or two farthest Bells from the _Hunt_ at pleasure; the _Extream_ being made, the _Treble_ is to _hunt_ up, and so to the end of the _Peal_, in the same course as before.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing Wherein is laid down plain and easie Rules for Ringing all sorts of Plain Changes Richard Duckworth
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