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Pote said he never would sign it, and rail'd away at
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 - 6 July 1774 1963
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Stories, Auchmuty told more, and Scolded and rail'd about the lowness of the Fees.
John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767 1961
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If I had rail'd, I might have suffer'd for it justly: But I manag'd my own Work more happily, perhaps more dextrously.
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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_ Yes with the Spirit of Contradiction, she rail'd at you most prodigiously.
The Busie Body Susanna Centlivre
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And rail'd against the simple maid aloud -- Ah! This woman's pride is a fine thing to tell us of --
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 Various
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Yet all this would not molifie her unrelenting Husband, nor work any change upon him; for he regarded neither what she said, nor the sorrowful moans and complaints of her almost Famished Infants: For all she gets for her affectionate Counsel and Advice, is to be sometimes rail'd at, and at other times jeer'd and flouted.
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And 'tis rail'd round with iron, tall, spear-like, and strong.
Poems of Coleridge Arthur Symons 1905
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– The Chamber of State is hung wth very Rich tapistry so much silver and gold in it that the 3 pieces that hung the Roome Cost 1500£: the bed was rail'd in as ye presence Chamber used to be, ye bed was damaske.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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This arch joyns a Low building wch are the offices Leaded on the top, and rail'd round, and Each End Enters into Chambers joyning to ye house, that is built round this Last Court from whence you Enter ye porch.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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The Court has a Round in the Middle rail'd in, designed for a Bowling Green, and the Coaches drive round it to Come to the Entrance wch is severall stone Stepps to a broad Space that is railed wth Balls and Banisters: the Space is paved wth broad free stone the stepps ye Same 8 or 10.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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