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Residents with concerns about lead levels in their water should call D.C. Water at 202-354-3600 for information on how to receive test kits or to find out whether pipes in their area had been partiall or completely replaced.
Lori's A.M. Buzz: Bad hair day? Golf? Lori Aratani 2010
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Here we have a minority and a minority within a minority making a huge hoo ha over a simple request offered by a partiall deaf minister to make it easier to understand the points being made… Mountains, mole hills and some conversion comes to mind.
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Who is it then, not transported with partiall affection, that can (in reason) more approve your act, then that which my friend Gisippus hath done?
The Decameron 2004
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Father: in which regard, he affected them all equally, without any difference or partiall respect.
The Decameron 2004
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Nauigations: and how carefull you were, not to be ouertaken with any partiall affection to the Action, appeared also, by the sound arguments which you made pro and contra, of the likelihood and reason of good or ill successe of the same, before the State and common wealth (wherein you haue an extraordinarie voyce) should be farther engaged.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Painting men, they cannot leave men namelesse: wee see, wee cannot plaie at Chestes, but that wee must give names to our Chessemen; and yet mee thinkes he were a verie partiall Champion of truth, that would say wee lyed, for giving a peece of wood the reverende title of a Bishop.
Defence of Poesie 1992
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"Nixt," said Mr. Andrew, "there are some on the Articles justlie suspected partiall, and almost als guiltie as the persons that are to be tryed."
Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison
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And if mens eares were not perchaunce to daintie, or their iudgementes ouer partiall, would peraduenture nothing at all misbecome our arte, but make in our meetres a more pleasant numerositie then now is.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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But they are unjust and over partiall, that will goe about to exact that from me which I owe not, with more vigour than they will exact from themselves that which they owe; wherein if they condemne me, they utterly cancell both the gratifying of the action, and the gratitude, which thereby would be due to me.
Of the Institution and Education of Children. To the Ladie Diana of Foix, Countesse of Gurson. 1909
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Answer, she never knew a Cat partiall to cold Pig; and the Door having been latched, was suspicious of a Puss in Boots.
Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary Anne Manning 1843
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