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Till that Time, there will be more furious Warrs than ever.
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Contention will never be fully terminated but by Warrs, and Confusions and Carnage.
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America in their Hunting, their Warrs, their tedious Marches, thro wild swamps and
John Adams diary 3, includes commonplace book entries, spring and summer 1759 1961
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Of the remains of Halnaker House, a Tudor mansion, once the home of the De la Warrs, little may now be seen; but
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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Compare this line of Drayton in his _Baron's Warrs_: --
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In her private memorials we read how, 'In the summer of 1665 ... at her own charge, she caus'd the steeple of Skipton Church to be built up againe, which was pull'd down in the time of the late Warrs, and leaded it over, and then repaired some part of the Church and new glaz'd the
Yorkshire Gordon Home 1923
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From this it should seem that the People must have long and frequent Warrs, and must have been long accustomed to it, otherwise they never would have invented such strong holds as these, the Erecting of which must cost them immense labour, considering the Tools they have to work with, which are only made of Wood and Stone.
Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world 1767
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From this it should seem that the People must have long and frequent Warrs, and must have been long accustomed to it, otherwise they never would have invented such strong holds as these, the Erecting of which must cost them immense labour, considering the Tools they have to work with, which are only made of Wood and Stone.
Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World James Cook 1753
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Clarren [d] on History of the Civil Warrs [sic] Vol. 1st
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Wee have now the news of Warrs being proclamd with Spain it comes from Pensilvania that Spoke with a man of
Letter from Robert Carter to Micajah Perry, October 12, 1728 1728
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