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Here we lay two days, waiting for two battalions from Fife; but finding these did not come up so soon as we expected, the twelfth we continued our march, the advanced guard lay near Dumblain, and the rest of the troops were quarter'd about a mile behind them, the want of tents and the coldness of the weather rendering it impossible for us to encamp.
The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) James Pringle Thomson
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Let your Water boil in the Pan you make it in; and when the Apples are par'd and quarter'd, put them into the boiling Water; let there be no more Water than just to cover them, and let it boil as fast as possible; when the Apples are all to Pieces, put in about a Quart of
Mrs. Mary Eales's receipts. (1733) Mary Eales
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Thy limbs shall quarter'd be, and hung, all mutilate and bare,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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His limbs were quarter'd, and were hung, all mutilate and bare,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Take a Pound of Quince par'd and quarter'd, cut out all the Hard, put to it a Pound of fine Sugar and half a Pint of Water, and let it boil very fast 'till it is all to Pieces; take it off the Fire, and break it very well, that there be no Lumps in it; boil it' till it is very thick and well jelly'd; then take fine Muslin, and put your
Mrs. Mary Eales's receipts. (1733) Mary Eales
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And all these five witnesses concur, that the aforesaid slaughter was made by Glenlyon, and his soldiers, after they had been quarter'd, and liv'd peaceably, and friendly, with the Glenco men about
The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) James Pringle Thomson
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Their captain prepar'd for defense; but told William Penn and his company of Quakers, that he did not expect their assistance, and they might retire into the cabin, which they did, except James Logan, who chose to stay upon deck, and was quarter'd to a gun.
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Cornish generals had to be quarter'd at Launceston.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Occasionally I would go to the hotels where the bands were quarter'd, and spend an hour or two informally.
November Boughs ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855
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Occasionally I would go to the hotels where the bands were quarter'd, and spend an hour or two informally.
Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855
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