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And so say they of the sun, because that he changeth the time, and giveth heat, and nourisheth all things upon earth; and for it is of so great profit, they know well that that might not be, but that God loveth it more than any other thing, and, for that skill,
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Thou searchest strange arts: who would think by skill,
The Last Man 2003
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The lightning-wing'd swallow, wi 'Nature's ain skill,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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It must be the wish of every real artist to leave behind him a lasting record of his skill,
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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No words could e'er amply exhaust the beauteous skill,
Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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Here take your place and shew your greatest skill,
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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There was fellows forced to limit bragging on their riding skill,
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Sinkers, spare hooks, a line with a nail at one end on which to string possible victims of his skill,
A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Herman Gastrell Seely
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To the wonder of the spectators, the vessel bent under the blow without breaking, and the ingenious artist immediately hammered out the bruise, and restored it whole and sound to its original form; in return for which display of his skill,
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We saw miles of concrete piers that had been built in record-breaking time with American skill,
In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France Edward Alva Trueblood
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