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Indeed he only proposd it as a matter which had formerly employd his thoughts benificialy, and not as a matter of importance.
Letter 278 2009
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I hear from your Childhoods Catharine that the Axe and the bill hook have been employd round Clare Hall, and that they are, so Loyd says 'quite laid open to the road'.
Letter 258 2009
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I have a man and a half employd now, and have plenty of good custom lookd out.
Letter 50 2009
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Since that, I found a Master Carpenter whose name is Burden at Southgate, Middx, who I learnd was a famous singer, and was in his youth employd at Lincoln Cathedral &c.
Letter 227 2009
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Hart, to which were invited all the Respectable people round the neighbourhood, and Charles had been busily employd with other scholars to write Notes of invitation.
Letter 292 2009
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Town employd in gathering Wild broom, Roses, popies, and blue cornflowers, and working them into wreaths, till every door and window in the place was decorated, and appear'd to say 'Rejoice!'
Letter 291 2009
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All of the transpnat brands production capacity and employment is still a small fraction of the amount employd by the domestics and their suppliers
Pam Atherton: Automaker Bailout -- Heads They Win, Tails We Lose 2008
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How much envy and Malice, is employd against them; and How galling to pride, How mortifying to Humane Nature to see itself excelld.
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 30 - 31 July 1777 1963
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From among these they selected all their general officers, for tho they employd mercenary Soldiers, they were too jealous and suspicious to employ foreign Generals.
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 30 - 31 July 1777 1963
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The Barber means, that a Villain was taken up, and examined Yesterday, who appears by his own Confession to have been employd by Lord
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