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The jealous Man may be compar'd to those we read of condemn'd to certain Punishments in Hell; he labours at Ixion's Wheel, by turning from Fancy to Fancy, from
Exilius 2008
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As the Ghost of a Person, dead these 250 Years & more, you may imagine the Taxes I had paid in my Age were nothing, as compar'd to the burthensome Imposts so many complain of in this Modern World.
"Mr. McCain hungers for information. He can regularly be seen reading newspapers from cover to cover..." Ann Althouse 2008
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As that fantastick Nation, the French, have little Meat, but they dress it well, so they have few Words compar'd to our English, but use 'em neatly.
"Mr. McCain hungers for information. He can regularly be seen reading newspapers from cover to cover..." Ann Althouse 2008
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Those Influences, which come along with It, may aptly be compar'd, to Emanations, Communications, or Distilla - tions, of some Sweet, and Heavenly Genius, or Spirit;
MUSICAL GENIUS EDWARD E. LOWINSKY 1968
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Advantages, arising from Tillage, compar'd to those by Grazing, then to make him consider the Circumstances of the People in _Ulster_, and those in the other Provinces.
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Alcibiades _gave to_ Socrates, _when he compar'd him to the Statues of the_ Sileni, _which to look upon, had nothing beautiful and ornamental; but open them, and there you might discover the Images of all the Gods and Goddesses.
Discourse on Criticism and of Poetry (1707) From Poems On Several Occasions (1707) Samuel Cobb
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What is the sight of thousands slain in the field of battle, compar'd with the scene I am just escap'd from!
Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning
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Kings are compar'd to Gods, and should be like them,
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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In this fine Scheme they had more Views than one; they had compar'd their own Climate and Constitution with that of the British, and finding both warmer, they naturally enough concluded that would only be pleasantly cool to them, which would perhaps give the British Ladies the
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various
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By none to be compar'd to _that_ of her disconsolate, affectionate, Loving,
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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