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Marriage − Noose, if possible: In which State I shall have Opportunity to be reveng'd of her; she deserves no better than such a loose hung Lover as my self, she having taken large Liberties of that Kind; for it was to me she first gave her Faith, and afterwards, by the Perswasion of her Friends, was marry'd to Aurelius.
Exilius 2008
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Italy, and was come into Sardinia, in Hopes to hear News of her, or at least to be reveng'd on Clodius for his having assassinated him in the Streets of Rome.
Exilius 2008
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_ -- O I'd do any thing to be reveng'd on him, _cry'd the young Lady with some eagerness_: And do but tell me how, and Keep my Counsel, and I'll so well reward you for your
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Wife in any publick Company; and one would think they married to be reveng'd on each other for some former Injuries; for the Wife takes Care to shew her Contempt of her Husband, and he his Aversion to his Wife.
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt
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_The Intrigues of my_ HERMAPHRODITES _are indeed very amazing, and as monstrous as their Natures, but that many Lascivious Females divert themselves one with another at this time in this City, is not to be doubted: And if any Persons shall presume to Censure my Accounts, grounded on a Probability of Truth, I shall be sufficiently reveng'd in proclaiming them, what my_ HERMAPHRODITES _are found to be in the
Tractus de Hermaphrodites Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites Giles Jacob
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As to the translation, the other hand, I believe, has been very careful; but if my part don't satisfie the world, I should be glad to see my self reveng'd in a better version; and though it may prove no difficult province to improve what I have done, I shall yet have the credit of the first attempt.
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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World, and keep these Fifty Guineas he designs to cheat you out of, and be sufficiently reveng'd on an ungrateful Man.
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When leading me, obedient to all her commands, a second time to the cell of a neighbouring priestess of Priapus, she threw me upon the bed, and taking up a stick that fastened the door, reveng'd her self on me, that very patiently receiv'd her fury: and at the first stroak, if the breaking of the stick had not lessned its force, she might have broke my head and arm.
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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Neptune, and in the pomp of the Circensian games, to be reveng'd, depos'd his statue from the place it had amongst the other deities.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I Various 1885
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I'll be reveng'd, damn'me, I'll make you pay for this, honey.
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