Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1419 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

halfehalf

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 9,679 times in 1,809 works
Consistency: 98.8% (9,679 of 9,790)
Reach if approved: ~10,292 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: half
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 9,795 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (9,679 changes in 1,809 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 9,679)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… and I am as one of her dead children, not (as the Samaritan was) halfehalf dead, but whole dead in my sinnes and transgressions. Thou Lord art the true …
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… and I am as one of her dead children, not (as the Samaritan was) halfehalf dead, but whole dead in my sinnes and transgressions. Thou Lord art the true …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 300 · Open in the reader
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… of damnation. That the Primitive Church worshipped no Images, knew no private masses, or halfehalf communions, or prayers in an unknowne tongue nor Church treasurie of superabundant satisfactions, nor …
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… of damnation. That the Primitive Church worshipped no Images, knew no private masses, or halfehalf communions, or prayers in an unknowne tongue nor Church treasurie of superabundant satisfactions, nor …
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 30 · Open in the reader
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I feele not halfehalf my ioy, by ouer-ioying.
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I feele not halfehalf my ioy, by ouer-ioying.
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
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… desolate) hee shall confirme a couenant with many in one weeke, and in the halfehalf of the weeke the offring and sacrifice shall decay, and in the temple shalbe …
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… desolate) hee shall confirme a couenant with many in one weeke, and in the halfehalf of the weeke the offring and sacrifice shall decay, and in the temple shalbe …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
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… which is somtime called 3. yeares & an halfehalf, somtime 42. moneths, somtime 1260. daies, somtime 3. daies & an halfehalf, somtime a time & times & halfehalf a time, al which make halfehalf a Prophetical weeke …
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… which is somtime called 3. yeares & an halfehalf, somtime 42. moneths, somtime 1260. daies, somtime 3. daies & an halfehalf, somtime a time & times & halfehalf a time, al which make halfehalf a Prophetical weeke …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 158 · Open in the reader
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… an Vsurer, and my Master; Alas, answeres the Host, I haue not lodging for halfehalf so many: Bee content, replies the seruant, for all these are but one man …
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… an Vsurer, and my Master; Alas, answeres the Host, I haue not lodging for halfehalf so many: Bee content, replies the seruant, for all these are but one man …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 4 · Open in the reader
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… of them are ſold by the Authors and their Factors for two ſhillings or halfehalf a crowne a piece.
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… of them are ſold by the Authors and their Factors for two ſhillings or halfehalf a crowne a piece.
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 95 · Open in the reader
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IT is more then halfehalf a yere (right worſhipfull) ſince I handled this parable of the Sower, in a …
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IT is more then halfehalf a yere (right worſhipfull) ſince I handled this parable of the Sower, in a …
George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (111)

98 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 57 are listed here. 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

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… of theſe brave Gallants, and noble Sparkes, as they are termed, is ſoone caſt. HalfeHalf the night gamed and revelled, and as much of the day ſlept out, and …
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… of theſe brave Gallants, and noble Sparkes, as they are termed, is ſoone caſt. HalfeHalf the night gamed and revelled, and as much of the day ſlept out, and …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 276 · Open in the reader

Sicelides a Piscatory A00979

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HalfeHalf thou wilt take away, by halfehalf diuiding.
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HalfeHalf thou wilt take away, by halfehalf diuiding.
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

Works A02178

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… write of 70 yeeres, let vs, I say, set that downe as the grosse summe. HalfeHalf that time is spent they say in sleepe, which thē we may well detract …
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… write of 70 yeeres, let vs, I say, set that downe as the grosse summe. HalfeHalf that time is spent they say in sleepe, which thē we may well detract …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 659 · Open in the reader

The Christians Two Chief Lessons A03599

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… afford to bee ſo, but all the world would perſecute mee: this is a HalfeHalf-Reſolution; away with theſe patched Reſolutions, to have Reſervations at every turne, it is …
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… afford to bee ſo, but all the world would perſecute mee: this is a HalfeHalf-Reſolution; away with theſe patched Reſolutions, to have Reſervations at every turne, it is …
Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

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HalfeHalf a yeare after God wrote such a changing in this man, that he was …
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HalfeHalf a yeare after God wrote such a changing in this man, that he was …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 358 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

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… Hadarsan writing vpon Daniell seemeth to haue giuen some incling, in that he sayth, HalfeHalf a weeke, that is to say, three yeeres and a half, shall make an …
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… Hadarsan writing vpon Daniell seemeth to haue giuen some incling, in that he sayth, HalfeHalf a weeke, that is to say, three yeeres and a half, shall make an …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 571 · Open in the reader

The History of the Bible A08820

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A. HalfeHalf the people followed Tibni to make him king, & the other halfehalf followed Omri to …
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A. HalfeHalf the people followed Tibni to make him king, & the other halfehalf followed Omri to …
Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 156 · Open in the reader

A Relation of Christians in the World A08829

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HalfeHalf the Netherlands in which there are two Archbishopricks, and many Bishopricks.
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HalfeHalf the Netherlands in which there are two Archbishopricks, and many Bishopricks.
Ephraim Pagitt · A Relation of Christians in the World · p. 16 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

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HalfeHalf my goods? Nay truely all: and my heart blood: for I know if I …
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HalfeHalf my goods? Nay truely all: and my heart blood: for I know if I …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 639 · Open in the reader

Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace A09466

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HalfeHalf my goods? Nay truely all: and my heart blood: for I knowe if I …
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HalfeHalf my goods? Nay truely all: and my heart blood: for I knowe if I …
William Perkins · Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace · p. 185 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Galatians A10111

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HalfeHalf your goods in conſtituted cōmon-weals vnder chriſtian dealings is not euer required, and …
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HalfeHalf your goods in conſtituted cōmon-weals vnder chriſtian dealings is not euer required, and …
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 298 · Open in the reader

A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice A10192

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HalfeHalf the Shepherds.
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HalfeHalf the Shepherds.
Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 24 · Open in the reader
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HalfeHalf the Shepherds.
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HalfeHalf the Shepherds.
Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 24 · Open in the reader
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HalfeHalf the Shepherds.
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HalfeHalf the Shepherds.
Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 25 · Open in the reader
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HalfeHalf the Shepherds.
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HalfeHalf the Shepherds.
Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 25 · Open in the reader
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HalfeHalf the Shepherds.
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HalfeHalf the Shepherds.
Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 25 · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

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… THE WHOLE REALME, and for the better imitation of THE LAW IN THAT BE HALFEHALF, it is ordered, that no Altar be taken downe but by oversight of the …
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… THE WHOLE REALME, and for the better imitation of THE LAW IN THAT BE HALFEHALF, it is ordered, that no Altar be taken downe but by oversight of the …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 165 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

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… Hecatompylos, now (as some affirme) Hispaham, for the excellencie thereof called of the Persians, HalfeHalf the World. These Scythian exiles in the times of the Assyrians, Medes, Persians, and …
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… Hecatompylos, now (as some affirme) Hispaham, for the excellencie thereof called of the Persians, HalfeHalf the World. These Scythian exiles in the times of the Assyrians, Medes, Persians, and …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 297 · Open in the reader
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… the foot of this ascending place, a faire gate, with a Corps du Guarde. HalfeHalf way vp is a faire and spacious Hall cut out of the same rocke …
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… the foot of this ascending place, a faire gate, with a Corps du Guarde. HalfeHalf way vp is a faire and spacious Hall cut out of the same rocke …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 565 · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

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… others of the like Nature: For, as Aristotle observes of them, they are but foreign, HalfeHalf-Evill, as not sinning with that full and plenarie Consent of Will, but Prat …
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… others of the like Nature: For, as Aristotle observes of them, they are but foreign, HalfeHalf-Evill, as not sinning with that full and plenarie Consent of Will, but Prat …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 70 · Open in the reader
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… speakes; so I may more truly say of them, that they have but an HalfeHalf-Knowledge, not any distinct and applicative Apprehension of Truth, but a confused and broken …
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… speakes; so I may more truly say of them, that they have but an HalfeHalf-Knowledge, not any distinct and applicative Apprehension of Truth, but a confused and broken …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 70 · Open in the reader

Virtues History A11081

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HalfeHalf-quenched with the clowdes distilling raine,
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HalfeHalf-quenched with the clowdes distilling raine,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense A13248

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… turning the heele of hinder hand vpward withall: and if your enemie lie at HalfeHalf-ſtaffe, holding him in the middeſt, his hands that ſo lieth, are in danger …
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… turning the heele of hinder hand vpward withall: and if your enemie lie at HalfeHalf-ſtaffe, holding him in the middeſt, his hands that ſo lieth, are in danger …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 141 · Open in the reader
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The HalfeHalf-pike.
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The HalfeHalf-pike.
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Christs Combat and Conquest A13530

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… appeares by the Prophets Ironicall narration, Isa. 42.19. and 44.19. No man saith in his heart, HalfeHalf haue I burnt, or eaten, or warmed my selfe withall, and shall I worship …
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… appeares by the Prophets Ironicall narration, Isa. 42.19. and 44.19. No man saith in his heart, HalfeHalf haue I burnt, or eaten, or warmed my selfe withall, and shall I worship …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 345 · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

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HalfeHalf a ſauiour. 251
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HalfeHalf a ſauiour. 251
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader

The Life of Faith in Death Exemplified A14753

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… hee could fasten his eyes many howers on one obiect without change or wearinesse: HalfeHalf so stayed a thought of ones mortalitie, might bring a man to immortalitie. It …
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… hee could fasten his eyes many howers on one obiect without change or wearinesse: HalfeHalf so stayed a thought of ones mortalitie, might bring a man to immortalitie. It …
Samuel Ward · The Life of Faith in Death Exemplified · p. 47 · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

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HalfeHalf ſuch a feature with ſo rare a minde.
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HalfeHalf ſuch a feature with ſo rare a minde.
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 34 · Open in the reader
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HalfeHalf-aged Winter bid ſo ſoone adiew
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HalfeHalf-aged Winter bid ſo ſoone adiew
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

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Vers. 6. HAlfeHalf of the bloud he sprinkled on the Altar. 1. The generall signification of this ceremony …
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Vers. 6. HAlfeHalf of the bloud he sprinkled on the Altar. 1. The generall signification of this ceremony …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 466 · Open in the reader
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HAlfeHalf of the bloud, &c. HalfeHalf of the bloud was sprinkled on the Altar, and …
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HAlfeHalf of the bloud, &c. HalfeHalf of the bloud was sprinkled on the Altar, and …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 467 · Open in the reader
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HAlfeHalf of the bloud, &c. HalfeHalf of the bloud was sprinkled on the Altar, and halfehalf upon the people. 1. Rupertus …
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HAlfeHalf of the bloud, &c. HalfeHalf of the bloud was sprinkled on the Altar, and halfehalf upon the people. 1. Rupertus …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 467 · Open in the reader
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Vers. 13. HAlfeHalf a shekel, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie. 1. The weight of the shekel of …
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Vers. 13. HAlfeHalf a shekel, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie. 1. The weight of the shekel of …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 571 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

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HalfeHalf an houre. sig:
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HalfeHalf an houre. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 65 · Open in the reader
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… the great arose out of the East. Reuel. 8, 1. There was silence in heauen, about HalfeHalf an houre.
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… the great arose out of the East. Reuel. 8, 1. There was silence in heauen, about HalfeHalf an houre.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

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HalfeHalf starud for food, once cast vpon some shore,
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HalfeHalf starud for food, once cast vpon some shore,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
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HalfeHalf a mans age in Schooles, and haue assum'd
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HalfeHalf a mans age in Schooles, and haue assum'd
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

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HalfeHalf way to Pancridge from the City gate:
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HalfeHalf way to Pancridge from the City gate:
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
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HalfeHalf blind▪ her Tongue is almost waxen dumb:
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HalfeHalf blind▪ her Tongue is almost waxen dumb:
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

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HalfeHalf so deepe as Astrophill:
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HalfeHalf so deepe as Astrophill:
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
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HalfeHalf the worlds wide Hemisphere.
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HalfeHalf the worlds wide Hemisphere.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
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HalfeHalf to rauish all that heare.
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HalfeHalf to rauish all that heare.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

Death Judgment Hell and Heaven A16333

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… world against Athanasius, and Athanasius against it, saith Hooker, out of the Ecclesiasticall Story; HalfeHalf an hundred yeares spent in doubtfull triall, which of the two in the end …
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… world against Athanasius, and Athanasius against it, saith Hooker, out of the Ecclesiasticall Story; HalfeHalf an hundred yeares spent in doubtfull triall, which of the two in the end …
Robert Bolton · Death Judgment Hell and Heaven · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Remains of John Boyse A16562

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… owne sonns and seruants, in thy houshold, witnesses of thy wil in doing good. HalfeHalf a loafe broken vnto the hungrie while thou liuest, & hast it in thine own …
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… owne sonns and seruants, in thy houshold, witnesses of thy wil in doing good. HalfeHalf a loafe broken vnto the hungrie while thou liuest, & hast it in thine own …
John Boys · Remains of John Boyse · p. 47 · Open in the reader

An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion A16951

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… deſolation. But he ſhall confirme the Teſtament for many the laſt Seaven: when in HALFEHALF THAT SEAVEN he ſhal ende the Sacrifice and Oblation. Afterwardes by an Armie abominable …
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… deſolation. But he ſhall confirme the Teſtament for many the laſt Seaven: when in HALFEHALF THAT SEAVEN he ſhal ende the Sacrifice and Oblation. Afterwardes by an Armie abominable …
Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

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… deſolation. But he ſhall confirme the Teſtament for many the laſt Seauen: when in HALFEHALF THAT SEAVEN he ſhall ende the Sacrifice and Oblation. Afterwardes by an Armie abominable …
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… deſolation. But he ſhall confirme the Teſtament for many the laſt Seauen: when in HALFEHALF THAT SEAVEN he ſhall ende the Sacrifice and Oblation. Afterwardes by an Armie abominable …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
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… Cyrus firſt vvriteth of their laſt Kinges. Sanballat his aduerſarie vvas great vvith Alexander. HalfeHalf a ſkore of ſeuerall men liued from the time of Ioakim father to Eliaſib …
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… Cyrus firſt vvriteth of their laſt Kinges. Sanballat his aduerſarie vvas great vvith Alexander. HalfeHalf a ſkore of ſeuerall men liued from the time of Ioakim father to Eliaſib …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

A Censure of Simony A17294

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… the Grammer Schoole for it, if he haue so much Greeke, foreign. Dimidium plus toto. HalfeHalf a loafe is better then no bread, nay then a whole loafe which hee …
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… the Grammer Schoole for it, if he haue so much Greeke, foreign. Dimidium plus toto. HalfeHalf a loafe is better then no bread, nay then a whole loafe which hee …
Henry Burton · A Censure of Simony · p. 115 · Open in the reader

The Young Mans Warning-Piece A19568

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… Officers preſented him for his neglect of the Church, and Sacrament, an whole yeare. HalfeHalf a yeare after they preſented him againe, for his neglect a yeare and a …
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… Officers preſented him for his neglect of the Church, and Sacrament, an whole yeare. HalfeHalf a yeare after they preſented him againe, for his neglect a yeare and a …
Robert Abbot · The Young Mans Warning-Piece · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Philargyry of Great Britain A19665

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HalfeHalf myſſe content
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HalfeHalf myſſe content
Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

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Chap. 5 Reubens poſterity, 1. Gad, 11. HalfeHalf Manaſſeh, 23. Captive to Aſſyria, Verſe. 26.
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Chap. 5 Reubens poſterity, 1. Gad, 11. HalfeHalf Manaſſeh, 23. Captive to Aſſyria, Verſe. 26.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

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… cruſh heaven into a Map, you may find two Hemiſphears too, two half heavens; HalfeHalf will be Joy, and halfehalf will be Glory; for in theſe two, the joy …
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… cruſh heaven into a Map, you may find two Hemiſphears too, two half heavens; HalfeHalf will be Joy, and halfehalf will be Glory; for in theſe two, the joy …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 672 · Open in the reader

Pseudo-Martyr A20647

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… so denying some part of Daniel to be Canonicall) is called by Bellarmine a HalfeHalf-Christian, these men will certainely be more rigid and seuere vpon me.
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… so denying some part of Daniel to be Canonicall) is called by Bellarmine a HalfeHalf-Christian, these men will certainely be more rigid and seuere vpon me.
John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · Open in the reader

Two Treatises 2 A21038

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… that went firſt to the pot, his right hand went firſt to the fire. HalfeHalf my goods I giue to the poore, and if I haue wronged any man …
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… that went firſt to the pot, his right hand went firſt to the fire. HalfeHalf my goods I giue to the poore, and if I haue wronged any man …
Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises 2 · p. 141 · Open in the reader

A Door of Hope A28659

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… hereby provoked and offended farre more then if nothing at all had bin done. HalfeHalf-ſervice is as bad, and ſometimes worſe to him then none; and therefore ſuch …
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… hereby provoked and offended farre more then if nothing at all had bin done. HalfeHalf-ſervice is as bad, and ſometimes worſe to him then none; and therefore ſuch …
John Bond · A Door of Hope · p. 65 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 A30572

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… then men will be ready to dedicate things unto God. Then as Zacheus ſaid, HalfeHalf my goods I give to the poore; here are my goods, here is my …
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… then men will be ready to dedicate things unto God. Then as Zacheus ſaid, HalfeHalf my goods I give to the poore; here are my goods, here is my …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 · p. 315 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 1-3 A35389

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… hungry and wants, a little is pleaſant to him; as our proverbe hath it, HalfeHalf a loafe is better then none. A great Emperour once dranke puddle-water with …
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… hungry and wants, a little is pleaſant to him; as our proverbe hath it, HalfeHalf a loafe is better then none. A great Emperour once dranke puddle-water with …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 1-3 · p. 384 · Open in the reader