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Town, reckon all their Errors for Accomplishments, borrow the newest Sett of Phrases, and if they take a Pen into their Hands, all the odd Words they have picked up in a Coffee-House, or a
A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue 2003
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There is another Sett of Men who have contributed very must to the spoiling of the English Tongue; I mean the Poets, from the Time of the Restoration.
A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue 2003
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I was appointed on the Subcommittee, in which after going over the ground again, a Sett of Articles were drawn and debated one by one.
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 1961
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Groton & Nottingham Sett of as afores'd. do hereby Signifie Our desire not to Continue so Incorporated with the town of Dunstable as afores'd. but to be Sett at Liberty As tho that Order of Court had not ben passed
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884 Various
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"Sett them a farme -- the grandfather, father, son, and they clayme it as their own: if not, they goe to rebellion."
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Court to be Sett off a Separate District whereunto the Inhabitants of Said Town have Manifested their Consent Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governour Council and House of Representatives that the Southwestwardly part of the Town of Groton Comprehended within the following boundaries viz begining at the the [_sic_] mouth of Squanacook River where it runs into Lancaster [Nashua]
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 Various
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One wou'd wonder with what Face or Conscience such a_ Sett _of Men shou'd hope to be treated by the Rules of_ Civility, _when they themselves break through those of_ Society, _and_ common Humanity:
Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and the Essay on Heroic Poetry (second edition, 1697) Samuel Wesley
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And Althô the number of thirteen persons is there Sett forth to
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Corner of the Township of Groton thence Northwardly bounding westwardly to Luningburgh and Townsend to Squanacook River afores'd thence down said River and Joyning thereto to the mouth thereof being the first bound -- Be and hereby is Sett off from the said Town of Groton and Erected into a Separate and Distinct
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 Various
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These papers are delivered to a Sett of Artists, very dexterous in finding out the mysterious Meanings of Words, Syllables, and Letters ....
Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gullivers Travels 1946
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