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It was him 'at wret Bailie Nickil Jarvie an' the Reed Gauntlet an 'so on.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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He, a man most gentill of nature, and most addict to please hir in all thingis not repugnant to God, wret to those that then war assembled at Sanct Johnestoun, to stay, and nott to come fordwarte; schawand what promess and esperance he had of the Quenis Grace favouris.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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_for_ made _read_ wret l. 106, is omitted.p. 273, l. 107, _before_ vs _put_ hem and l. 108, _for the first_ Amen _read_ Sey all
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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[(The wret) -3.6 (ched wi) -3.6 (fe of Aug) 8.4 (u) -1.6 (st) -3.6 (us)] TJ
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I have had the wret agen you for some time, but couldn't make you off, till my friend says I must carry a note from him to you. "
Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life Samuel Lover 1832
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[(?) -17.9 (\227) -1.9 (O wret) -3.9 (ched MONMOUTH!
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? imbition ftill attached him to the fervice of Theophilus; and a lucky accident recommended him to the notice of the court, A famous wret tier, in the train of the Bulgarian ambaffadors, had defied, at the royal banquet the boldeft and moft robuft of the Greeks.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1788
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