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spightspite

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 1,606 times in 736 works
Consistency: 95.6% (1,606 of 1,680)
Reach if approved: ~1,765 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: spite
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,680 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,606 changes in 736 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,606)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Lord (a patterne worthy the admiration and imitation of all Christian princes, in spightspite of the sacrilegious doctrine of those men who would rob them of that power …
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… the Lord (a patterne worthy the admiration and imitation of all Christian princes, in spightspite of the sacrilegious doctrine of those men who would rob them of that power …
Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our selues in a matter of this nature to bee carryed by fauour, faction, spightspite, hope, feare, importunity, or any other corrupt and partiall respect, from those Rules, which …
With rule
… our selues in a matter of this nature to bee carryed by fauour, faction, spightspite, hope, feare, importunity, or any other corrupt and partiall respect, from those Rules, which …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Luthe…ans, & more aunciente to. M. Sand. sayth we geue them these names of spightspite, eyght or nyne hundreth ye…res since the papacy Began. The lyke I say …
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… Luthe…ans, & more aunciente to. M. Sand. sayth we geue them these names of spightspite, eyght or nyne hundreth ye…res since the papacy Began. The lyke I say …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 296 · Open in the reader
Printed
… too, but becauſe they are not broken with ſenſe of their ſinne, but with ſpightspite and malice to the Righteous, there ſhall be none to make them whole, but …
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… too, but becauſe they are not broken with ſenſe of their ſinne, but with ſpightspite and malice to the Righteous, there ſhall be none to make them whole, but …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neyther god nor yowr kynge, but lett the heretyke knaue do opē penaūce in ſpightspite of thē bothe to putt other in feare, leaſt the feate of holy water …
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… neyther god nor yowr kynge, but lett the heretyke knaue do opē penaūce in ſpightspite of thē bothe to putt other in feare, leaſt the feate of holy water …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… long▪ baſe couteouſnes it cānot endure, for it is bountifull, it is voyd of ſpightspite for it enuies not, it is not frovvard for it doth not beaſt it …
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… long▪ baſe couteouſnes it cānot endure, for it is bountifull, it is voyd of ſpightspite for it enuies not, it is not frovvard for it doth not beaſt it …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are common both to good and bad? It is because that God (euen in spightspite of the wicked) cannot but bee good; insomuch that he maketh the showers to …
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… are common both to good and bad? It is because that God (euen in spightspite of the wicked) cannot but bee good; insomuch that he maketh the showers to …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 190 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord shall be subiect vnto him. He will haue to do with them in spightspite of their hearts. They feare him as slaues against their wills, both to do …
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… Lord shall be subiect vnto him. He will haue to do with them in spightspite of their hearts. They feare him as slaues against their wills, both to do …
William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 14 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (74)

40 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 34 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Epigrams A08687

Printed
Lest so I blaze thy Want of Wit, or SpightSpite.
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Lest so I blaze thy Want of Wit, or SpightSpite.
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

A Sinners Indictment A14766

Printed
Sport, for Gaine, SpightSpite,
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Sport, for Gaine, SpightSpite,
William Ward · A Sinners Indictment · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

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SpightSpite of her heart she could not speake but well;
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SpightSpite of her heart she could not speake but well;
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

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SpightSpite of Vice, in Loue to be:
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SpightSpite of Vice, in Loue to be:
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Hymns and Songs of the Church A15647

Printed
Blinde Zeale, or cankred SpightSpite,
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Blinde Zeale, or cankred SpightSpite,
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 203 · Open in the reader

Prince Henrys Obsequies A15651

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SpightSpite of her powder, with our counter-mines,
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SpightSpite of her powder, with our counter-mines,
George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader

A Satire A15652

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SpightSpite of our hearts will be Satyricall.
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SpightSpite of our hearts will be Satyricall.
George Wither · A Satire · Open in the reader

The Shepherds Hunting A15656

Printed
SpightSpite of Enuy and the Times;
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SpightSpite of Enuy and the Times;
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader
Printed
(SpightSpite of their owne dulnesse) see
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(SpightSpite of their owne dulnesse) see
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader
Printed
SpightSpite of all the world could doe.
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SpightSpite of all the world could doe.
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader

The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety A23697

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… these two, our love, or our hate; and is either Kindness and Prepossession, or SpightSpite and Prejudice: For the first of these 'tis a thing which common experience attests …
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… these two, our love, or our hate; and is either Kindness and Prepossession, or SpightSpite and Prejudice: For the first of these 'tis a thing which common experience attests …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 365 · Open in the reader

The Best Treasure A26034

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… is before thee to obviate thy Deſigns, to fruſtrate thy Attempts, and requite thy SpightSpite and Miſchiefs. O you who are yet in your blood and gore of Sin …
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… is before thee to obviate thy Deſigns, to fruſtrate thy Attempts, and requite thy SpightSpite and Miſchiefs. O you who are yet in your blood and gore of Sin …
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Best Treasure · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

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… of Saint Maries in Ely, and there bred at the Free-school under Master SpightSpite, till he was sent to Jesus-colledge in Cambridge, being first Scholar, then Fellow …
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… of Saint Maries in Ely, and there bred at the Free-school under Master SpightSpite, till he was sent to Jesus-colledge in Cambridge, being first Scholar, then Fellow …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 154 · Open in the reader

Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects A42085

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… away from Chriſt and his Goſpel, as is attended with the greateſt Virulency, Rancour, SpightSpite and Malice againſt both as can be imagin'd. When a Man not only utterly …
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… away from Chriſt and his Goſpel, as is attended with the greateſt Virulency, Rancour, SpightSpite and Malice againſt both as can be imagin'd. When a Man not only utterly …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 200 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

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… Modeſty, with them is reputed Sneaking, want of Spirit, Sheepiſhneſs. But between frets of SpightSpite, and Fits of Levity, the Duke put the Treaty ſo far out of Tune …
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… Modeſty, with them is reputed Sneaking, want of Spirit, Sheepiſhneſs. But between frets of SpightSpite, and Fits of Levity, the Duke put the Treaty ſo far out of Tune …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
For all their SpightSpite be like him if they could.
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For all their SpightSpite be like him if they could.
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… known to Thouſands. Nam lux altiſſima fati-occultum nihil eſſeſinit, Claud. Paneg. 4. Honor. What SpightSpite is this, to be ſilent in that which was certainly ſo, and to engrave …
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… known to Thouſands. Nam lux altiſſima fati-occultum nihil eſſeſinit, Claud. Paneg. 4. Honor. What SpightSpite is this, to be ſilent in that which was certainly ſo, and to engrave …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhould ſeize upon the Regalia, which were in that place under his Cuſtody. The SpightSpite of the Mutineers was moſt againſt him, yet his Followers could not entreat him …
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… ſhould ſeize upon the Regalia, which were in that place under his Cuſtody. The SpightSpite of the Mutineers was moſt againſt him, yet his Followers could not entreat him …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 177 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A44438

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… if God doth ſuffer wicked Men to inflict the utmoſt that their Rage and SpightSpite can prompt them unto, yet it reacheth only their earthly part, the dull part …
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… if God doth ſuffer wicked Men to inflict the utmoſt that their Rage and SpightSpite can prompt them unto, yet it reacheth only their earthly part, the dull part …
Ezekiel Hopkins · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 314 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues A45744

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Fourthly, HE abhors that ſecret SpightSpite, which we ſee to be in moſt men, whereby they make the good Names …
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Fourthly, HE abhors that ſecret SpightSpite, which we ſee to be in moſt men, whereby they make the good Names …
John Hartcliffe · Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues · p. 129 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

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… Day long, are more than Conquerors through him that loved them, Rom. 8.35, 36, 37. Satan's main SpightSpite is not at your worldly Interests, but your Souls. God may give him sometimes …
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… Day long, are more than Conquerors through him that loved them, Rom. 8.35, 36, 37. Satan's main SpightSpite is not at your worldly Interests, but your Souls. God may give him sometimes …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 546 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had thoughts of the greatest good to Man, when Man was executing the greatest SpightSpite and Malice against him. And the rather, because it is an Act of Mercy …
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… had thoughts of the greatest good to Man, when Man was executing the greatest SpightSpite and Malice against him. And the rather, because it is an Act of Mercy …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 622 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Persecutors, Men that had done him the greatest Contempt and Villany which their SpightSpite and Malice could invent. They had mocked and buffeted him, mangled his Flesh with …
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… his Persecutors, Men that had done him the greatest Contempt and Villany which their SpightSpite and Malice could invent. They had mocked and buffeted him, mangled his Flesh with …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of those that were Executed; this is probable: Others think it an act of SpightSpite and Malice, partly because it is made an Exaggeration of Calamity, Psal. 69.21▪ In my …
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… of those that were Executed; this is probable: Others think it an act of SpightSpite and Malice, partly because it is made an Exaggeration of Calamity, Psal. 69.21▪ In my …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to change the Wine, prepared by the charitable Women, into Vinegar, for the greater SpightSpite and Mockage. And it is said, They filled a spunge with vinegar, and put …
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… to change the Wine, prepared by the charitable Women, into Vinegar, for the greater SpightSpite and Mockage. And it is said, They filled a spunge with vinegar, and put …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1149 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Psalm 119 A51842

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… of Truth, so much of Meekness, Openness and Plainness, as the other is of SpightSpite and Malice.
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… of Truth, so much of Meekness, Openness and Plainness, as the other is of SpightSpite and Malice.
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 739 · Open in the reader
Printed
… best men go to the Walls, and to be made objects of Scorn and SpightSpite; we are apt to say as the Church doth, in the Prophet Isaiah, Chap …
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… best men go to the Walls, and to be made objects of Scorn and SpightSpite; we are apt to say as the Church doth, in the Prophet Isaiah, Chap …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 977 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 2 A51846

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… all the Labours and Wooings of the Spirit are in vain, 'tis the greatest SpightSpite we can do to God; 'tis the greatest Prophaneness to set light by holy …
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… all the Labours and Wooings of the Spirit are in vain, 'tis the greatest SpightSpite we can do to God; 'tis the greatest Prophaneness to set light by holy …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Man, and yet suffered. Meer Christianity and Godliness, is the Mark and Butt of SpightSpite and Rage.
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… Man, and yet suffered. Meer Christianity and Godliness, is the Mark and Butt of SpightSpite and Rage.
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 199 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

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… an evil Eye, (as Cain did upon Abel) and ſuch was their Spleen and SpightSpite, that they became Sad at it. (2ly.) The Devil (in them) turns their Sadneſs …
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… an evil Eye, (as Cain did upon Abel) and ſuch was their Spleen and SpightSpite, that they became Sad at it. (2ly.) The Devil (in them) turns their Sadneſs …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 240 · Open in the reader
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… gave they ſaving Light to a Dark World in Deſpight, yea, and by the SpightSpite of the Prince of Darkneſs, for that Scattering Perſecution, which the Devil contriv'd on …
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… gave they ſaving Light to a Dark World in Deſpight, yea, and by the SpightSpite of the Prince of Darkneſs, for that Scattering Perſecution, which the Devil contriv'd on …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 376 · Open in the reader

Practical Discourses Volume 1 A58807

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… enemy, but that it is enmity it self to God, Rom. viii. 7. It is SpightSpite and Rancor in the Abstract, being as repugnant to His pure and holy Nature …
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… enemy, but that it is enmity it self to God, Rom. viii. 7. It is SpightSpite and Rancor in the Abstract, being as repugnant to His pure and holy Nature …
John Scott · Practical Discourses Volume 1 · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Saul and David Compared A61680

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… Earth, Pſa. 33. 14; and that all his Adverſaries were before him, pſa. 69. 19, who Beholdeth their SpightSpite and Miſchief to Requite it with his hand, Pſa. 10. 14. And as concerning himſelf, God …
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… Earth, Pſa. 33. 14; and that all his Adverſaries were before him, pſa. 69. 19, who Beholdeth their SpightSpite and Miſchief to Requite it with his hand, Pſa. 10. 14. And as concerning himſelf, God …
Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 198 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

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SpightSpite of our hearts, will be Satyricall.
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SpightSpite of our hearts, will be Satyricall.
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
SpightSpite of Enuy and the Times;
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SpightSpite of Enuy and the Times;
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader
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(SpightSpite of their owne dulneſſe) ſee,
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(SpightSpite of their owne dulneſſe) ſee,
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
SpightSpite of all the world could doe.
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SpightSpite of all the world could doe.
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
But, ſpightspite of Hate, and all that SpightSpite can do,
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But, ſpightspite of Hate, and all that SpightSpite can do,
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons A95611

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SpightSpite is there hotteſt. There they are
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SpightSpite is there hotteſt. There they are
Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of a God and Providence Vindicated B23745

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… lamentable and tragical Ends of all the preceding Tyrants and Persecutors. Out of mere SpightSpite and Malice, after full conviction of his Errors, he endeavour'd by all the Arts …
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… lamentable and tragical Ends of all the preceding Tyrants and Persecutors. Out of mere SpightSpite and Malice, after full conviction of his Errors, he endeavour'd by all the Arts …
Thomas Gregory · The Doctrine of a God and Providence Vindicated · p. 67 · Open in the reader