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He believed that, through his presents and favours,
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With best wishes from us both, and soliciting continuance of esteemed favours,
The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004
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For these reasons, the lord of men always has to face five kinds of delusion: delusion by ministers impeding the sovereign, delusion by ministers controlling public resources and revenues, delusion by ministers issuing decrees at random, delusion by ministers distributing personal favours,
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Whom he hath dulld and cloyd with gracious favours,
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[Page] If I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse for her favours,
Jackanapes 1879
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My soul I bartered, a distant love to win; To gain her favours,
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879
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He believed that, through his presents and favours,
A Child's History of England Charles Dickens 1841
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For the present, and with the expectation of further favours,
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Let others be governed by the love of the world, and seek their happiness in its friendship and favours,
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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'T has pleas'd the King out of his boundless favours,
Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) John Fletcher 1602
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