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  • I say to you againe, doe not call upp Any that you can not put downe; by the Which I meane, Any that can in Turne call up somewhat against you, whereby your Powerfullest Devices may not be of use.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Michael Turton 2006

  • I say to you againe, doe not call upp Any that you can not put downe; by the Which I meane, Any that can in Turne call up somewhat against you, whereby your Powerfullest Devices may not be of use.

    Soong and Blue Leadership in Taiwan Michael Turton 2006

  • Turne, brought out sixteen octavo volumes of his works illustrated, they each carried his name, while a preface set forth the reasons which had led the author to choose it.

    Balzac 2003

  • Turne againe, and all those which you shall finde with their faces downeward, leaue them, because all they are misbeleeuers: and the other which you shall finde with their faces turned vpward, them burie, for they are the true Musulmani, and so his commaundement was done.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Turne not your face; throw not your lookes about so.

    Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman

  • Turne and stryk everie one a strok for the honour of his god.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • In the 6th of Henry V. a new building was made in the west part of Smithfield, betwixt the said poole and the river of Wels, or Turne-mill-brooke, in a place then called the Elms, for that there grew many elme-trees, and this had been the place of execution for offenders.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 Various

  • Turne thou ghost that way, and let mee turne this,

    Expiration John Donne 1921

  • Just at the Turne of _Holford's Close_, came shorte upon a Gentleman walking under the Hedge, clad in a sober, genteel Suit, and of most beautifulle

    The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

  • Just at the Turne of _Holford's Close_, came shorte upon a Gentleman walking under the Hedge, clad in a sober, genteel Suit, and of most beautifulle Countenance, with Hair like a Woman's, of a lovely pale brown, long and silky, falling over his Shoulders.

    Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary Anne Manning 1843

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