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But if such Persons are to be represented, there is not so much Reason against any of our present Plays, as is urg'd by Mr. _Collier_; for you must allow a
A Letter to A.H. Esq.; Concerning the Stage (1698) and The Occasional Paper No. IX (1698) Anonymous
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Morality urg'd by Precept and Example, and the Stage reprehending those Follies which the Pulpit wou'd blush to correct; for tho 'the
A Letter to A.H. Esq.; Concerning the Stage (1698) and The Occasional Paper No. IX (1698) Anonymous
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Appear'd, and often urg'd this painful enterprise.
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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And urg'd them both onward, tho 'almost half dead.
The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home" Unknown
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Your hand was never urg'd with worthier boldnesse:
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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They then desired me to go and take part of a Glass of Wine with them; which I at first seem'd to scruple, but being more importunately urg'd, I was easily perswaded.
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Thus, either sat most force urg'd to the greatest height. '
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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Theie urg'd the warre, the natyves fledde, as flete
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Who answered, Past Eleven: The Gentleman at this begins to get up, to be going; but it was now too late, and they would by no means let him at that time of Night; to which end they urg'd that it was an obscure place they liv'd in, and it might be very dangerous
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Objections apparently strong were urg'd; and of various kinds.
An Essay on War, in Blank Verse; Honington Green, a Ballad; the Culprit, an Elegy; and Other Poems, on Various Subjects Nathaniel Bloomfield
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