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Wou'd bounteous Heaven once more indulge, I'd chuse,
The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony Anonymous
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Wou'd they that desired to be _fervent in Prayer_, and _attend_ on the
A Letter to A.H. Esq.; Concerning the Stage (1698) and The Occasional Paper No. IX (1698) Anonymous
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Wou'd thou hadst been acting Incest, Murder, Witchcraft, when thou cam'st to pray: Thou hadst in any thing sinn'd less than in this
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Wou'd such unthinking unactive Mortals, subscribe to Societies, or lighten their Purses to establish Premiums, who tho 'they cou'd make themselves and their
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Wou'd you protect our enemies, gentlemen? would you ruin your country for the sake of Scotchmen?
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My wife (for who behind thee cou'd remain?) Wou'd thee have follow'd; yes, my love, I wou'd
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Wou'd I had lov'd her less, or ne'er had seen her!
The Female Gamester A Tragedy Gorges Edmond Howard 1750
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Wou'd it not be wrong then, whilst I have one weighty Concern upon my Hands, to undertake another?
Pliny's Epistles in Ten Books: Volume 1, Books 1-6 Pliny 1723
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Wou'd you then have me live, when thus unbowell'd,
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Wou'd say, they ne'er design'd our Hands shou'd join.
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