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III. xiii.77 (204,9) Tell him, from his all-obeying breath I hear/The doom of Aegypt] _Doom_ is declared rather by an _all-commanding_, than an _all-obeying breath_.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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In this participle the termination _-ing_ seems almost equivalent to that of the past participle: comp. "_all-obeying_ breath" (= obeyed by all), _A. and C. _ iii.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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Doom is declared rather by an alUcommanding, than an all-obeying breath.
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of ... 1793
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2244: Tell him, from his all-obeying breath, I heare
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