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Rhime, which he spued from his Maw, as _Tom Coriat_ formerly used to spue _Greek_, and that with a great pretence to a Poetical Zeal, against the Vices of the Times; which he mightily exclaim'd against in his _Abuses Stript and Whipt_, his _Motto_, _Brittains Remembrancer_,
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley
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Bishop Warburton's _Literary Remains_ is informed, that the lines transcribed by him, "Stript to the naked soul," &c., have been printed lately in a work entitled _The Sussex Garland_, published by James Taylor, formerly an eminent bookseller at Brighton, but now removed to Newick,
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-- These lines, "Stript to the naked soul," have been frequently printed, indeed so lately as in Lord Campbell's _Lives of the Chancellors_, at the end of the Life of Charles Yorke, as his, but without any observation.
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Stript of the colouring shed round it by sentiment and romance,
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester
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He was undoubtedly imprisoned for his _Abuses Whipt and Stript_, which first appeared in print in 1613, but I do not think an _earlier_ offence can be proved against him.
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Stript of its poetic setting, what have we there depicted?
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters George Milligan
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_Scourge_ is part of the _Abuses Whipt and Stript_ printed in 1613 (a copy of which is now before me), to which it forms a postscript.
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Stript of his royal robes, and clad as a penitent, Henry had to come barefooted mid ice and snow, and crave for admission to the presence of the pope.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Stript of its golden fruit, was spread the feast of betrothal.
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Stript stand the altars, and the shrines are bare;
The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor 70 BC-19 BC Virgil 1902
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