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Examples
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Whose Candell burneth cleare and brighte; a wondrous force and might
Leap Year -- Day John 2008
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But it is good a man been at his large. — Hir brighte heer was kempt untressed al,
The Canterbury Tales 2006
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Tho skynnes ben als rede as blode, and thei schynen so brighte azen the sonne, that unethes no man may beholden hem.
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And aboven the chief tour of the palays, ben 2 rounde pomeles of gold; and in everyche of hem ben 2 carboncles grete and large, that schynen fulle brighte upon the nyght.
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And there nyghe is the fosse of Mennon, that is alle round: and it is 100 cubytes of largenesse, and it is alle fulle of gravelle, schynynge brighte, of the whiche men maken fair verres56 and clere.
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Tho skynnes ben als rede as blode, and thei schynen so brighte azen the sonne, that unethes no man may beholden hem.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And aboven the chief tour of the palays, ben 2 rounde pomeles of gold; and in everyche of hem ben 2 carboncles grete and large, that schynen fulle brighte upon the nyght.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And there nyghe is the fosse of Mennon, that is alle round: and it is 100 cubytes of largenesse, and it is alle fulle of gravelle, schynynge brighte, of the whiche men maken fair verres502 and clere.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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'Though the Sun,' sed I, 'shine brighte and the Daie be new,
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The Ynglyshe men let ther boÿs be, and pulde owt brandes that wer brighte;
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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