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Example Sentences
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It is a glorius thinge to shutt vpp the eyes in a moment / with which men and the world wer seene / and forthewith to open the same to se Godd and Christe.
If her be, do 'ee want to shutt 'un?'
From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
He positively denys his having shutt the gate, and 'tis thought Traill ought to be admitted to baill.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Againe when my wife and ye boy were making ye bed, ye chest did open and shutt, ye bed-clothes would not be made to ly on ye bed, but flew off againe.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 by Various
Shutt 'un, us manes; and shutt 'un, us will—' Whai, Miss Annie, good Lord, whuttiver maks 'ee stear so?'
From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)