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Into her mouth they crept, and suddain all were gone.

The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser

Scalding; For the stopping of suddain Bleeding, curing the Piles,

A Book of Fruits and Flowers Anonymous

Entering, o 'the suddain, into Mercy's chamber, I founde her all be-wept and waped, poring over an old kirtle of mother's she had bidden her re-line with buckram.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Various

Ascyltos taking it as an affront, without answering, went off in a heat: I was too well acquainted with his subtle nature, and the violence of his love, not to fear the effects of so suddain a breach, and therefore made after him, both to observe his designs and prevent them; but losing sight of him, was a long time in pursuit to no purpose.

The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

These are, for the most part, young Men stept into suddain great Fortunes, whose Rank and Conversation being at a such a Distance from Title, they fancy that Men of Quality are not made of the same Materials with other Men.

The Theater (1720) Sir John Falstaffe

Pursenets on their Holes, and put in a _Ferret_ close muzzled, and she will bolt them out (being a natural Enemy to them) into the Nets: Or blow on the suddain the Drone of a Bag-Pipe into the Burrows, and they will boult out: Or for want of either of these two, take powder of

The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing Robert Howlett

When o 'suddain, I saw the pole tremble and sway towardes me; and stretching forth my apron I did, in an extasy of gladness, pity, and horror, catch its burthen as it fell.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909

Wee gott our ship in the best posture of defence that suddain emergent necessity would permitt.

Great Pirate Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

By reason of that suddain surprizal, we knowing ourselves altogether Innocent of that Crime, we were all exceedingly astonished and amazed, and consternated and affrighted even out of our Reason; and our nearest and dearest Relations, seeing us in that dreadful condition, and knowing our great danger, apprehending that there was no other way to save our lives, ... out of tender ... pitty perswaded us to confess what we did confess.

A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom 1896

Upon our entrance they all started up, and on a suddain screwed themselves into so many antick postures, that had I not seen them first erect,

History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873