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  • And we want it to be a secret, you know, so as to seem unpremediated.

    Tiger-lilies 1867

  • In the country, an unpremediated dance was very allowable; but in London, where the reputation of elegance was more important, and less easily obtained, it was risking too much for the gratification of a few girls, to have it know that Lady Middleton had given a small dance, of eight or nine couple, with two violins, and a mere sideboard collation.

    Sense and Sensibility 1833

  • The law of nature has been more wise in prescribing a calculated proportion of courage and moderation, which induces us to forget a first or unpremediated injury, but which punishes every act tending to oppression.

    The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature 1788

  • Squad leader, charged with unpremediated murder, later reduced to voluntary manslaughter.

    MercedSun-Star.com: front 2010

  • He was initially charged with unpremediated murder in 18 deaths, but the charges were later reduced to voluntary manslaughter.

    Homepage 2010

  • Squad leader, charged with unpremediated murder, later reduced to voluntary manslaughter.

    Las Vegas News - LasVegasNOW.com 2010

  • Really, that inglorious and unpremediated adventure was the product of fear and the result of seeing ghosts, because the revolutionary wave that is shaking the world -- the revolutionary conscience of the peoples who are aspiring to and fighting for their liberation on all the continents -- has frightened the "imperialists to such a degree and in such a way that they are resorting to acts of true despair.

    CASTRO ADDRESSES OFFICER GRADUATES 1965

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