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"text": "Acquaint her here, of my Sonne Paris Loue,",
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"text": "I muſt acquaint you, that I haue recciu'd\nNew-dated Letters from Northumberland:",
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"ref": "1655 April 21, “Mr. Ja. Nutley to ſecreary Thurloe.”, in A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Eſq; […], volume III, London: […] the Executor of the late Mr. Fletcher Gyles; Thomas Woodward, […] Charles Davis, […], published 1742, page 399:",
"text": "I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe.",
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"ref": "1771–1790, Benjamin Franklin, “The Autobiography [Part 1]”, in John Bigelow, editor, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott & Co., published 1868, →OCLC, page 159:",
"text": "He went directly, sign'd the indentures, was put into the ship, and came over, never writing a line to acquaint his friends what was become of him.",
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"text": "October 2 1642, Isaac Basire, letter to John Evelyn\nWhat success it may further have I shall acquaint you at my coming over"
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 53:3:",
"text": "He is despised and reiected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not.",
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"ref": "1693, [John Locke], “§162”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 203:",
"text": "Before a Man can be in any capacity to ſpeak on any ſubject, 'tis neceſsary to be acquainted with it: Or elſe 'tis as fooliſh to ſet him to diſcourſe on it, as to ſet a blind Man to talk of Colours, or a deaf man of Muſick.",
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"text": "Acquaint her here, of my Sonne Paris Loue,",
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"ref": "c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 91, column 1:",
"text": "I muſt acquaint you, that I haue recciu'd\nNew-dated Letters from Northumberland:",
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"ref": "1655 April 21, “Mr. Ja. Nutley to ſecreary Thurloe.”, in A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Eſq; […], volume III, London: […] the Executor of the late Mr. Fletcher Gyles; Thomas Woodward, […] Charles Davis, […], published 1742, page 399:",
"text": "I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe.",
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"ref": "1771–1790, Benjamin Franklin, “The Autobiography [Part 1]”, in John Bigelow, editor, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott & Co., published 1868, →OCLC, page 159:",
"text": "He went directly, sign'd the indentures, was put into the ship, and came over, never writing a line to acquaint his friends what was become of him.",
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"text": "October 2 1642, Isaac Basire, letter to John Evelyn\nWhat success it may further have I shall acquaint you at my coming over"
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"ref": "1992, Alasdair Gray, Poor Things, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 317:",
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