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At a later day, though it was "gravaminous," Sewall would not go to hear the bewigged Joshua preach, but attended another meeting.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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If there was as little in your honours’ wames as there is in Caleb Balderstone’s, less caickling wad serve ye on sic a gravaminous subject.”
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If there was as little in your honours 'wames as there is in Caleb Balderstone's, less caickling wad serve ye on sic a gravaminous subject. "
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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