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from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete spelling of
prize .
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March 9, 2008 at 3:13 am i haz nebber unnerstood wai grey poop-on iz konsiderd snuuty awr a lugzhury. az far az i kin tell, itz mass-prodyoosed, an abaylabl in beeg grossery stoarz at a affordable pryse. iz i missin sumfin?
…PROCEED. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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February 13, 2008 at 6:15 pm datz teh pryse u pae 4 been nawt secund, mary
Warmth - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And Margaret Winthrop writes thus to her step-son in England: "When I think of the troublesome times and manyfolde destractions that are in our native Countrye, I thinke we doe not pryse oure happinesse heare as we have cause, that we should be in peace when so many troubles are in most places of the world."
Woman's Life in Colonial Days Carl Holliday
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All which most rare deuises, of pryse incomparable, incredible, and past imagination, did shine all ouer most pretiouslie: not so much to be marueyled at for the costlinesse of the matter, but for the large greatnesse of the worke.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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¶ She sayd euer syth Vertu of vyce wan {the} pryse.
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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When they were brought, Wallace made the joyful signal concerted with Bruce and Baliol, to sound the Scottish pryse as soon as he and his fair charge were out of the castle.
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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When they were brought, Wallace made the joyful signal concerted with Bruce and Baliol, to sound the Scottish pryse as soon as he and his fair charge were out of the castle.
The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1813
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The yong men that indeavoured to gett a pryse, indeavoured to clime up a great post, very smooth, and greased with oyle of beare & oriniack grease.
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673
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& after this shall thynges vp a-ryse that me_n_ sett now but at lytill [e] pryse: 448
Caxton's Book of Curtesye Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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a man sitting on horseback fully armed, holding in his arms a tiger's whelp, with this reason, "Par force sanz reson il ay pryse ceste beste," and with his one hand making a countenance of throwing mirrors at the great tiger, the which held this reason --
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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