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England than what I had figur'd to myself before I came amongst them.
A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
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Petticoats, a Variety of the newest fashion'd Prussian Cloaks and Hatts, with figur'd Silk and Trimming for ditto, 6-4 and yard-wide Muslin, Long Lawn, Cambrick, clear and flower'd
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The lining of it, imbossed cloth, represented a wild forest-foliage, from the top down to the sides, which, in the same stuff, were figur'd with fluted pilasters, with their spaces between fill'd with flower-vases, the whole having a gay effect upon the eye, wherever you turn'd it.
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Of this kind is the distinction betwixt figure and the body figur'd; motion and the body mov'd.
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We can as little reply, that it exists in every part: For then we must suppose it figur'd and extended; which is absurd and incomprehensible.
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'Tis certain that the mind wou'd never have dream'd of distinguishing a figure from the body figur'd, as being in reality neither distinguishable, nor different, nor separable; did it not observe, that even in this simplicity there might be contain'd many different resemblances and relations. '
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For we have only this choice left, either to suppose that some beings exist without any place; or that they are figur'd and extended; or that when they are incorporated with extended objects, the whole is in the whole, and the whole in every part.
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This Spot is enclos'd with a Walk, set round with Greens, close and differently cut: After this, is an Alley, turning in Form of a Circle, within which you have Box-Trees variously figur'd, and small Trees, kept low by Care.
Pliny's Epistles in Ten Books: Volume 1, Books 1-6 Pliny 1723
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Those that are willing to have figur'd Cheeses, such Cheeses as are partly green and partly otherwise, must take the following method.
The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm Richard Bradley 1710
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Belira, How do you like these figur'd Velvets; this I design for the Bed and Hangings; this Violet colour suits agreeably with this
Manley: The Lost Lover: Characters Manley 1696
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