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The Holde or Fort that you shall haue from Goa to Cochin that belongeth to the Portugals is called Onor, which is in the kingdome of the queene of Battacella, which is tributary to the king of Bezeneger: there is no trade there, but onely a charge with the Captaine and company he keepeth there.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Holde, take my sword, here; I forgive thee freely;
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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Holde, after a careful trial of the various processes for detecting the above adulteration, gives the preference to Renard's, which he describes as follows:
Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 Various
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What! Holde your bed ther, thou, and eek thy Morwe!
Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer
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Holde thee to thine obedience: that heighway is to heaven.
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901
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Ah! a little while ago, and he was yet in all darkness; him what Graceful (_Holde_) would ever love?
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Holde gathers flowers in straw basket and twirls around light on her toes feeling white skirt swish around her legs as soft wind blows through long hair.
Angeliad of Surazeus surazeus 2010
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Holde hides inside a dark wet cave holding her breath as she hears shouts and footsteps running past then she weeps huddled in gloom.
Angeliad of Surazeus surazeus 2010
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Holde cave witch whispers spell they cannot crush my dancing heart for I have wings of a darting hawk.
Angeliad of Surazeus surazeus 2010
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Holde brings basket of fresh herbs to village of twelve huts by a river where she brews potions in a cauldron while praying for aid to Mother Nerthus as three ravens sit still on oak fence that surrounds round house in a tree carved with images of women and birds.
Angeliad of Surazeus surazeus 2010
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