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Incumbrances; yet we actually Drink more _French_ Wine, then all
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Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the same:
The British North America Act, 1867 Anonymous
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Manager, among his neighbouring 'Squires, who can cleverly stave off his Creditors, and keep up his Port of living undisturb'd, till he can sell (I mean settle) his Son, and clear off his Incumbrances with the
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Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the same, and that I have not collusively or colourably obtained a Title to or become possessed of the said Lands and Tenements or any Part thereof for the Purpose of enabling me to become a Member of the Senate of
The British North America Act, 1867 Anonymous
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Long clothes are fatal, short clothes are deadly, boots are instruments of torture, to allow children to go about with bare feet shows that we regard them as Incumbrances, and, with low cunning, are seeking to be rid of them.
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In 1759 it was ordered in that town to "clear the Alleys of the meeting-house of chairs and other Incumbrances."
Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Incumbrances thus removed, he devoted himself with remarkable energy and industry to his business and self-improvement.
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We well remember the Treaty you mention held with his Son on his Arrival here, by which we confirmed our League of Friendship that is to last as long as the Sun and Moon endure: In Consequence of this, We, on our Part, shall preserve the Road free from all Incumbrances: in Confirmation whereof, we lay down this String of _Wampum_.
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Incumbrances that fall into her Tail: I mean the broad sweeping
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As these superfluous Ornaments upon the Head make a great Man, a Princess generally receives her Grandeur from those additional Incumbrances that fall into her Tail: I mean the broad sweeping Train that follows her in all her Motions, and finds constant
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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