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Plume, erected like a kind of Pinacle on the very Top of the Head.
The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700
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Pinacle of Pride; my Vanity being daily soothed with Praises of my Beauty; and the World solliciting me for Places and Preferments by my Lord's
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Thus had the Devil raised me upon a high Pinacle, to make my Fall the greater; For all on a sudden, my Lord sent one of his Gentlemen, to bid me not dare to see his Face any more.
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Pinacle of Pride; my Vanity being daily soothed with Praises of my Beauty; and the World solliciting me for Places and Preferments by my Lord's
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Thus had the Devil raised me upon a high Pinacle, to make my Fall the greater; For all on a sudden, my Lord sent one of his Gentlemen, to bid me not dare to see his Face any more.
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The large edifice beneath us, in Pinacle street, leading to the bay, is the Wesleyan Methodist church, or chapel, as it would be termed at home.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Susanna Moodie 1844
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City, and setteth him upon a Pinacle of the Temple; and saith unto him, if thou be the Son of God, cast thy self down; for it is written, He shall give his Angels charge concerning thee, and in their Hands, they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy Foot against a
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Yes, he meant perhaps on Westminster Pinacle; where's Lilly now, with all his Prophecies against the Royal Family?
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_ Yes, he meant perhaps on _Westminster_ Pinacle: where's _Lilly_ now, with all his Prophecies against the _Royal Family_?
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I Aphra Behn 1664
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