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These menne also hauyng vppon their skirtes muche broder gardes then other, stacke them full of Thornes, whiche beatyng and prickyng them on the hieles as thei wente, might putte them in remembraunce of the commaundementes of God.
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Garden plot, which was on the backside of the poore Cottage, espying in one of the corners a great stacke of Hay, wherein she hid her selfe, to the end, that travelling strangers might not readily finde her there in the house.
The Decameron 2004
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Yet graine there growing is, which they vntimely take, And cut or eare the corne be ripe, they mowe it on a stacke: And laying sheafe by sheafe, their haruest so they dry,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Then Cyrus caused a stacke of woode to be piled vp, and Cræsus fettred with giues, was set vpon the same: who then remembring the saying of
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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_Polemon_ wist not what to make of this doubtfull speach, & not being lawfull to importune the oracle more then once in one matter, conceyued in his head the pleasanter construction, and stacke to it: and hauing at home
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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And cut or eare the corne be ripe, they mowe it on a stacke:
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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These menne also hauyng vppon their skirtes muche broder gardes then other, stacke them full of Thornes, whiche beatyng and prickyng them on the hieles as thei wente, might putte them in remembraunce of the commaundementes of God.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Haue stacke away my deare neele, and robd me of my boye
Gammer Gurton's Needle Anonymous 1575
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Rass Kass = one man Slaughterhouseif his girl was stacke ...
Expecting Rain The Smoking Section 2009
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The sci-fi gauge cluster and center stacke have been replaced by a much more conventional design, which borrows a number of components from other Hondas, notably the new Insight.
unknown title 2009
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