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Solitude, and, in some Degree, dissipated that Melancholy wherewith I was oppress'd: And in their Absence (as I said before) visited me with Letters, and little Presents of the newest Pieces of Diversion that came to their Hands.
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Cause of that Melancholy with which she saw me oppress'd; and when I had discover'd to her my Affliction, and related my Grief in the Loss of my
Exilius 2008
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Turpius was here walking one Day, with his Heart oppress'd with
Exilius 2008
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It has relieved me from a Burden, which has a long Time oppress'd me.
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 February 1777 1963
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If they are under a mild Government, and grow rich, they are always finding Fault with their Superiors, and ever ready to revolt: But if they are oppress'd and kept poor, like our Spaniels, they fawn on their
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt
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Liberty there enjoy'd, where none are oppress'd by Force, or allured by
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt
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When oppress'd and approach'd, our king we implore,
The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773 Henry C. Watson
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Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume,
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The Father, oppress'd with grief, reproaches himself for not having inoculated this
An Essay on War, in Blank Verse; Honington Green, a Ballad; the Culprit, an Elegy; and Other Poems, on Various Subjects Nathaniel Bloomfield
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Slow-springing for th 'oppress'd and poor, and ripen'd now to deeds?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various
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