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Shape of Body, and inward Disposition of Mind; adding this withal, That not the proudest that hath written in any Tongue whatsoever, for his time hath outstript him.
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley
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Other industries, notably the manufacture of furniture and other articles of wood, have fully kept pace, if not outstript that of cotton manufacturing.
The Life and Speeches of Charles Brantley Aycock Robert Digges Wimberly 1912
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Page 96 fully kept pace with, if not outstript, that of cotton manufacturing.
The Life and Speeches of Charles Brantley Aycock Robert Digges Wimberly 1912
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We had been intimate from children, and had read the same books together; but he had the advantage of more time for reading and studying, and a wonderful genius for mathematical learning, in which he far outstript me.
Paras. 51-100 1909
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We had been intimate from children, and had read the same books together; but he had the advantage of more time for reading and studying, and a wonderful genius for mathematical learning, in which he far outstript me.
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Ellida raced with the whistling storm, but outstript the eagle.
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In her colonial enterprise she had easily outstript Spain and Portugal, and more than held her own with England.
Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 Henry Craik 1886
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However, I kept my station, and my spirits began to recover when I found that there was not above three men that followed him; and still more was encouraged, when I found that he outstript them exceedingly in running, and gained ground on them; so that, if he could but hold it for half an hour, I saw easily he would fairly get away from them all.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I Various 1885
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He was urged by no necessity, he was prompted by no policy; his impatience of courage in an enemy, his hatred of patriotism and integrity in all, of which he had no idea himself, and saw no image in those about him, outstript his blind passion for fame, and left him nothing but power and celebrity.
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885
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Dalmatian towns, which could boast neither of any mythical origin nor of any Imperial foundation, the city which, as it were, became a city by mere chance, has outstript the colonies of Epidauros, of Corinth, and of
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Various 1885
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