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She embraced him most tenderly; and many Tears were shed on both sides, till dinner came, which caus'd a Cessation of these Endearments; the poor Dorinda, not only din'd heartily, but the good Meal she made, was attended with great satisfaction, or rather Transport.
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They had scarce din'd, when a Messenger came from their Uncle, who liv'd about Four Miles off, to invite them to his Son's Funeral the next
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The Day appointed, he dined with his Mother, in order to wait on her to our Lodging in the Afternoon: But e'er they had well din'd, a Messenger came to him from a Tavern over-the-way, bringing word, that there were
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She embraced him most tenderly; and many Tears were shed on both sides, till dinner came, which caus'd a Cessation of these Endearments; the poor Dorinda, not only din'd heartily, but the good Meal she made, was attended with great satisfaction, or rather Transport.
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Who when her lady has din'd, lets the servants not eat;
English Songs and Ballads Various
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I din'd with my new acquaintance, on their promising to procure an interview for me with Miss Powis in the afternoon.
Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning
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Our answers, as well as his messages, were often tart, and sometimes indecently abusive; and, as he knew I wrote for the Assembly, one might have imagined that, when we met, we could hardly avoid cutting throats; but he was so good-natur'd a man that no personal difference between him and me was occasion'd by the contest, and we often din'd together.
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I stayed with him several days, din'd with him daily, and had full opportunity of removing all his prejudices, by the information of what the Assembly had before his arrival actually done, and were still willing to do, to facilitate his operations.
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So I din'd upon cod very heartily, and continued to eat with other people, returning only now and then occasionally to a vegetable diet.
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"Women din'd with rost Beef and minc'd Pyes, good Cheese and Tarts."
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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