Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Middle English forms of
ivory .
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Faith quickly difcems how little the objefts nfe can contribute to folid happinefs, and that ivour of God aloBeii& i&ti liife ofthe IbuL In IVOUr is tlft,: '.
Life in God's favour, the substance of sundry sermons upon Psalm, 30. 5 1796
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I could not aafwer him - — He afiede not ro perceive my emorions, and cone nued to fpeak — ** I have one favour lovely Mils Warwick! to aik of you — a £ivour that, perhaps, your amiabi heart will grant, when 1 affure you it vol in ibiTie ireafure foften the rigcur of m abfence from thofe I love. '
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Keve it eertainly came from Pensioner FageL However, the King, as well as some of the Committee, believed this* was of Lord Sunderland's forge; and that many of the heats in the House of Commons had been encouraged and raised to such height, by his seeming to £ivour them, which they might think he would not do, unless he believed the King would at length comply with them. "
Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812
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