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A stranger band of beggar'd men had done the venturous deed: 115
The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty
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A stranger band of beggar'd men had done the venturous deed; 115
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson
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"It's my belief the beggar'd flirt with Mrs. Lee, himself, if he only got the chance" said Redmond laconically, "d'you recollect that day he picked her parcel up for her -- how nice she was to him?"
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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He had in his time sipped of the Fountain of _Hellicon_, but drank deeper Draughts of Sack, that _Helliconian_ Liquor, whereby he beggar'd his Purse to enrich his Fancy; writing much against
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley
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A stranger band of beggar'd men had done the venturous deed:
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Interests and private Views; and while every one's Charity begins at home, the Publick is beggar'd and no one relieves it.
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Could it be possible that the whole of her splendid inheritance had shrunk to so paltry a sum, that the grasping man had ceased to think it worth his while to touch it? or did the dread of beholding the confiding woman, beggar'd at last, induce him to leave at her disposal enough to purchase for her -- necessary bread?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Various
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He was sitting all alone in the moonlight out there at the end of the platform, and every few minutes the poor lonely little beggar'd lift his nose and howl as if his heart was breaking.
Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud 1921
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You don't think the beggar'd be taking a shot at you?
The Man from Home Booth Tarkington 1907
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As to the Why & Wherefore I have act'd thus, thou knowest, thou cruel God, who made me a beggar'd Orphan, a poor dependant in this House of Pride!
A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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