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I think I had the good Fortune to do some particular Service to the General: At these Words Marcellus in a great Suprize said, O good Gods, are you that signal Person, who so valiantly reliev'd our General, and thereby made Victory wait upon our
Exilius 2008
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Till late in the night reliev'd to the place at last again I made my way
Archive 2007-02-01 Bardiac 2007
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Shou'd be reliev'd with what my Wants cou'd spare;
The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony Anonymous
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The armed brethren, too, kept watch, and reliev'd as methodically as in any garrison town.
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Up flew the beam of the ducking stool, reliev'd of their weight, and down with a splash went the pickpocket at the far end.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Liberty against the same Authority, and was reliev'd by it.
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume II 1889
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Tho 'these Words might be spoken in too vindictive and insulting a manner to be commended, yet, from the Fulness of a Heart injuriously treated and now reliev'd by that instant Occasion, why might they not be pardon'd?
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume II 1889
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Gout, he submitted, by extraordinary Applications, to have his Foot so far reliev'd that he might be able to walk on the Stage in a Slipper, rather than wholly disappoint his Auditors.
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And yet, if his Relief was only to be had by his imposing a bad Play upon a good Set of Actors, methinks the Charity that first looks at home has as good an Excuse for its Coldness as the unhappy Object of it had a Pleas for his being reliev'd at their Expence.
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume II 1889
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Hot moist cloths were applied, and reliev'd him somewhat.
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