Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9509 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

they'lthey'll

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 577 times in 255 works
Consistency: 80.2% (577 of 719)
Reach if approved: ~755 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: they'll
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 719 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (577 changes in 255 works, 80.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 577)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… bound with cords, in all your bonds. The cords of love are on him, they'lthey'll pull him to you, while you are pulled by perſecutors; if you are in …
With rule
… bound with cords, in all your bonds. The cords of love are on him, they'lthey'll pull him to you, while you are pulled by perſecutors; if you are in …
John Durant · Sips of Sweetness · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hour in the day, they jeſt at him, ſaying, the devil is a fool, they'lthey'll paint him on their wals, and call for him as though they would give …
With rule
… hour in the day, they jeſt at him, ſaying, the devil is a fool, they'lthey'll paint him on their wals, and call for him as though they would give …
William Fenner · A Treatise of the Affections · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon the merciful man, howeuer the world take it, or men construe it; if they'lthey'll be masters of their tongues, be thou of thine eares, and there's an end.
With rule
… vpon the merciful man, howeuer the world take it, or men construe it; if they'lthey'll be masters of their tongues, be thou of thine eares, and there's an end.
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 226 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a smile, They ha…e begun to Tast of our Br…, and in time they'lthey'll eat of our Beef: The old Crafty Fox knew well, that where there was …
With rule
… a smile, They ha…e begun to Tast of our Br…, and in time they'lthey'll eat of our Beef: The old Crafty Fox knew well, that where there was …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… soone be over throwne. When the Murderers of Christ were pricked to the heart, they'lthey'll then cry out for counsell to the Apostles. Acts 2. 37. When a murderer of the …
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… soone be over throwne. When the Murderers of Christ were pricked to the heart, they'lthey'll then cry out for counsell to the Apostles. Acts 2. 37. When a murderer of the …
Richard Baxter · Directions and Persuasions to a Sound Conversion · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so much abound, and then try how many will plead for the Pope: then they'lthey'll say, If Ba…l be a God, let him plead for himself. But I …
With rule
… so much abound, and then try how many will plead for the Pope: then they'lthey'll say, If Ba…l be a God, let him plead for himself. But I …
Richard Baxter · The Successive Visibility of the Church · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… throws firebrands, arrowes, and death. Such lovers of themſelves, they muſt needs be covetous, they'lthey'll quickly appear without natural affection, truce breakers, falſe accuſers, fierce, deſpiſers of thoſe that …
With rule
… throws firebrands, arrowes, and death. Such lovers of themſelves, they muſt needs be covetous, they'lthey'll quickly appear without natural affection, truce breakers, falſe accuſers, fierce, deſpiſers of thoſe that …
Benjamin Bruning · The Best Wisdom Propounded · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
For at these Breaches they'lthey'll come in, and then
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For at these Breaches they'lthey'll come in, and then
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 183 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (142)

115 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 60 are listed here. 27 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The History of the Holy War A01342

Printed
They'lThey'll take you, if not it: while ye admire
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They'lThey'll take you, if not it: while ye admire
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
They'lThey'll have no hail-ſtormes, fleezie rain, nor froſt,
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They'lThey'll have no hail-ſtormes, fleezie rain, nor froſt,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
They'lThey'll sowe their slanders as if they with griefe,
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They'lThey'll sowe their slanders as if they with griefe,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll soe disguise, that you shal neuer spy them▪
With rule
They'lThey'll soe disguise, that you shal neuer spy them▪
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll for their fee relate some pretty tale,
With rule
They'lThey'll for their fee relate some pretty tale,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
They'lThey'll guard us, like ſo many Armed hands;
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They'lThey'll guard us, like ſo many Armed hands;
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll hazzard much, your overthrow.
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They'lThey'll hazzard much, your overthrow.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 188 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

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They'lThey'll in loue with anger grow.
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They'lThey'll in loue with anger grow.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter A26856

Printed
God gives Men Life: They'lThey'll not consider why:
With rule
God gives Men Life: They'lThey'll not consider why:
Richard Baxter · Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll not forgive to a dissenting Brother.
With rule
They'lThey'll not forgive to a dissenting Brother.
Richard Baxter · Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Poetical Fragments A26987

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They'lThey'll not endure that Mercy ſhould them ſave.
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They'lThey'll not endure that Mercy ſhould them ſave.
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll alſo ſay of me, He's gone.
With rule
They'lThey'll alſo ſay of me, He's gone.
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 126 · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

Printed
They'lThey'll ſay it's ſtoln, or elſe it was by chance.
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They'lThey'll ſay it's ſtoln, or elſe it was by chance.
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 4 · Open in the reader

A Book for Boys and Girls A30125

Printed
They'lThey'll have their course, whatever them betide.
With rule
They'lThey'll have their course, whatever them betide.
John Bunyan · A Book for Boys and Girls · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll nose them, facethem, keep their places still.
With rule
They'lThey'll nose them, facethem, keep their places still.
John Bunyan · A Book for Boys and Girls · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll by wrong doings, under Parents, gather
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They'lThey'll by wrong doings, under Parents, gather
John Bunyan · A Book for Boys and Girls · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Bondage and Freedom A30364

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… tho all the world ſhould ſet themſelves to turn away their hearts from it. They'lThey'll part with if for no good. They like it ſo well, that they ſet …
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… tho all the world ſhould ſet themſelves to turn away their hearts from it. They'lThey'll part with if for no good. They like it ſo well, that they ſet …
Nathanael Ball · Spiritual Bondage and Freedom · p. 337 · Open in the reader

Husbandry Spiritualized A39665

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They'lThey'll quickly mend when God doth send
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They'lThey'll quickly mend when God doth send
John Flavel · Husbandry Spiritualized · Open in the reader

Refutation of the Errors Toleration Erastianism Independency and Separation A41202

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… especially in the day of Trial; For John was now in Prison▪ And 2dly. They'lThey'll desire that others may know him also; For it appeareth from what goeth before …
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… especially in the day of Trial; For John was now in Prison▪ And 2dly. They'lThey'll desire that others may know him also; For it appeareth from what goeth before …
James Fergusson · Refutation of the Errors Toleration Erastianism Independency and Separation · p. 313 · Open in the reader

Some Prison Meditations A42148

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They'lThey'll know that God's the Lord, and that he can
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They'lThey'll know that God's the Lord, and that he can
John Griffith · Some Prison Meditations · p. 38 · Open in the reader

The Beauty of Holiness A45329

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… hearing; this accidentally makes the Word to harden men, and makes them worse, Isa. 6. 9. 10. They'lThey'll come and hear, but like Rachel they'lthey'll bring their idols with them, Gen. 31. 19. Most …
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… hearing; this accidentally makes the Word to harden men, and makes them worse, Isa. 6. 9. 10. They'lThey'll come and hear, but like Rachel they'lthey'll bring their idols with them, Gen. 31. 19. Most …
Thomas Hall · The Beauty of Holiness · p. 185 · Open in the reader

The Downfall of May Games A45334

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They'lThey'll fight againſt all honeſty:
With rule
They'lThey'll fight againſt all honeſty:
Thomas Hall · The Downfall of May Games · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll firſt proclaim them factious:
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They'lThey'll firſt proclaim them factious:
Thomas Hall · The Downfall of May Games · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll term them Rebels to the State,
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They'lThey'll term them Rebels to the State,
Thomas Hall · The Downfall of May Games · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

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… swallow up such a Covenant, yet they will be perfidious, and never keep it; They'lThey'll make no more of a Covenant, then a Monky doth of his Collar, which …
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… swallow up such a Covenant, yet they will be perfidious, and never keep it; They'lThey'll make no more of a Covenant, then a Monky doth of his Collar, which …
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out of the flock, & the calves out of the stall, to maintain their lusts. They'lThey'll eat for pleasure, and not for need; to pamper themselves, and not to preserve …
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… out of the flock, & the calves out of the stall, to maintain their lusts. They'lThey'll eat for pleasure, and not for need; to pamper themselves, and not to preserve …
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 89 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

Printed
They'lThey'll cleave to him, whatever doth inſue.
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They'lThey'll cleave to him, whatever doth inſue.
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll quiet thee, and fill thy Soul with mirth;
With rule
They'lThey'll quiet thee, and fill thy Soul with mirth;
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll be a breaſt of ſuch ſweet Conſolation,
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They'lThey'll be a breaſt of ſuch ſweet Conſolation,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 182 · Open in the reader

The True Interest of Families A47519

Printed
… his Life. Men are ready to part with any thing to ſave their lives; They'lThey'll part with Houſe and Lands, with Silver and Gold, with their whole Eſtate and …
With rule
… his Life. Men are ready to part with any thing to ſave their lives; They'lThey'll part with Houſe and Lands, with Silver and Gold, with their whole Eſtate and …
James Kirkwood · The True Interest of Families · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Art of Logic and Rhetoric A49581

Printed
They'lThey'll on the marble grave a living face:
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They'lThey'll on the marble grave a living face:
Petrus Ramus · The Art of Logic and Rhetoric · p. 16 · Open in the reader

The Joy of Faith A49957

Printed
… duties, you engage in; with ſome quickneſs of Spirit, craving Heavens influence and aſſiſtance. They'lThey'll be the more delightful, and ſet a pleaſant verdure and verniſh upon Religion with …
With rule
… duties, you engage in; with ſome quickneſs of Spirit, craving Heavens influence and aſſiſtance. They'lThey'll be the more delightful, and ſet a pleaſant verdure and verniſh upon Religion with …
Samuel Lee · The Joy of Faith · p. 238 · Open in the reader

Contemplations on Mortality A49958

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… admonitions of Saints and their patient ſufferings for the truth at their barbarous hands: They'lThey'll have cold ſtomachs to jeer and fleere in the face of this conſcience-ſcalding …
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… admonitions of Saints and their patient ſufferings for the truth at their barbarous hands: They'lThey'll have cold ſtomachs to jeer and fleere in the face of this conſcience-ſcalding …
Samuel Lee · Contemplations on Mortality · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sabbaths with ſome devotion, but wiſh the New-moon over to ſet out Corn: They'lThey'll haſt to Church but 'tis to learn faſhions, and pry into others garbs, and …
With rule
… Sabbaths with ſome devotion, but wiſh the New-moon over to ſet out Corn: They'lThey'll haſt to Church but 'tis to learn faſhions, and pry into others garbs, and …
Samuel Lee · Contemplations on Mortality · p. 132 · Open in the reader

The Life and Death of Edmund Staunton A50468

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… and drink the ſweet; if a reaſon of this their brutiſh ſenſuality be demanded, They'lThey'll preſently tell you, There is nothing better for a man, than that he ſhould …
With rule
… and drink the ſweet; if a reaſon of this their brutiſh ſenſuality be demanded, They'lThey'll preſently tell you, There is nothing better for a man, than that he ſhould …
Richard Mayo · The Life and Death of Edmund Staunton · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Meditations on the History in Exodus A51411

Printed
They'lThey'll joyn with foes, the other, they'lthey'll be gone.
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They'lThey'll joyn with foes, the other, they'lthey'll be gone.
Charles Morton · Meditations on the History in Exodus · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Middle Way of Predetermination A52204

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… when the World have ſeen your Papers, and know that he has done ſo; They'lThey'll ſtrain their Charity to ſuſpect, that ſomething elſe beſides the pretended advantage of Infallibility …
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… when the World have ſeen your Papers, and know that he has done ſo; They'lThey'll ſtrain their Charity to ſuſpect, that ſomething elſe beſides the pretended advantage of Infallibility …
John Humfrey · The Middle Way of Predetermination · Open in the reader

A Key to Open the Mystery and Iniquity of a Poem A52813

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None say, They'lThey'll not come up to Parliament,
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None say, They'lThey'll not come up to Parliament,
Christopher Ness · A Key to Open the Mystery and Iniquity of a Poem · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Trouble of the Mind and the Disease of Melancholy A57573

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… reſolve not to diſturb their preſent eaſe and pleaſure with any m…urnful meditations. They'lThey'll ſhut their ears againſt all ſad and doleful ſtories, haſten from the ſight of …
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… reſolve not to diſturb their preſent eaſe and pleaſure with any m…urnful meditations. They'lThey'll ſhut their ears againſt all ſad and doleful ſtories, haſten from the ſight of …
Timothy Rogers · Trouble of the Mind and the Disease of Melancholy · p. 334 · Open in the reader

The Life and Death of Sir Henry Vane A60227

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… still, How do you prove it? how do you make out this from Scripture? They'lThey'll not admit the least scruple but that they can discern it, if it be …
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… still, How do you prove it? how do you make out this from Scripture? They'lThey'll not admit the least scruple but that they can discern it, if it be …
George Sikes · The Life and Death of Sir Henry Vane · p. 133 · Open in the reader

Upon Uprightness A61396

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… it before Christ and Heaven. 'Tis this sin that sends most men to hell. They'lThey'll part with many; but skin for skin, yea soul and all will a man …
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… it before Christ and Heaven. 'Tis this sin that sends most men to hell. They'lThey'll part with many; but skin for skin, yea soul and all will a man …
Richard Steele · Upon Uprightness · p. 150 · Open in the reader

Suffolks Tears A61970

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They'lThey'll lend no eare in this corrupted time,
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They'lThey'll lend no eare in this corrupted time,
Samuel Fairclough Jr · Suffolks Tears · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

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… next, come to. When their Consciences are opened, all their mouths will be stopped. They'lThey'll have nothing to say. All Words of Man's wisdom about the things of God …
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… next, come to. When their Consciences are opened, all their mouths will be stopped. They'lThey'll have nothing to say. All Words of Man's wisdom about the things of God …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Tormented, in eternal death. What then can be their desire, but insensibleness, or annihilation? They'lThey'll never find either. Being will stick closse to them; and most exquisite sensibleness, never …
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… Tormented, in eternal death. What then can be their desire, but insensibleness, or annihilation? They'lThey'll never find either. Being will stick closse to them; and most exquisite sensibleness, never …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Old, doting Kings, is, they'lthey'll not hear of their madness; not be told on't. They'lThey'll no more be admonish'd. They deafen their Ear, and willfully turn away their understandings …
With rule
… Old, doting Kings, is, they'lthey'll not hear of their madness; not be told on't. They'lThey'll no more be admonish'd. They deafen their Ear, and willfully turn away their understandings …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 175 · Open in the reader

Forty Sermons A63825

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… and tried moſt, and they are ſuch as have got neareſt, and kept cloſeſt. They'lThey'll tell you there's ſo much, that whatever others mean by their bonum utile, jucundum …
With rule
… and tried moſt, and they are ſuch as have got neareſt, and kept cloſeſt. They'lThey'll tell you there's ſo much, that whatever others mean by their bonum utile, jucundum …
Anthony Tuckney · Forty Sermons · p. 505 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But what ſay you to the great Spirits … the brave Sparks of the World? They'lThey'll be of Paul's mind, and ſay, it's Gain for them to die valiantly. But …
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… But what ſay you to the great Spirits … the brave Sparks of the World? They'lThey'll be of Paul's mind, and ſay, it's Gain for them to die valiantly. But …
Anthony Tuckney · Forty Sermons · p. 677 · Open in the reader

The Incomparable Poem A66001

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They'lThey'll yeild to Bard and Bellamont.
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They'lThey'll yeild to Bard and Bellamont.
Robert Wild · The Incomparable Poem · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Iter Boreal 2 A66004

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They'lThey'll clap a Pariter upon your back:
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They'lThey'll clap a Pariter upon your back:
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal 2 · p. 67 · Open in the reader

A Wakening Call A66477

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… to eternity, after all their laughing and delusive Merriment in this short-liv'd World. They'lThey'll mourn and weep, eternally, Luk. 6. 24-26. Under Satan's Reign, by his false Prophets and Apostles …
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… to eternity, after all their laughing and delusive Merriment in this short-liv'd World. They'lThey'll mourn and weep, eternally, Luk. 6. 24-26. Under Satan's Reign, by his false Prophets and Apostles …
George Sikes · A Wakening Call · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lowest, nor any insulting of the highest, over the lower, in Heaven, to Eternity. They'lThey'll all rejoice in the superiour and inferiour Attainments of each other, as is figur'd …
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… lowest, nor any insulting of the highest, over the lower, in Heaven, to Eternity. They'lThey'll all rejoice in the superiour and inferiour Attainments of each other, as is figur'd …
George Sikes · A Wakening Call · p. 137 · Open in the reader

A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings A66772

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They'lThey'll think this Age (if they do credit it)
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They'lThey'll think this Age (if they do credit it)
George Wither · A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll grow again, ſo you from Curs preſerve them,
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They'lThey'll grow again, ſo you from Curs preſerve them,
George Wither · A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings · p. 67 · Open in the reader

A Considering Glass A66781

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They'lThey'll tear thee, or defile thee at the leaſt.
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They'lThey'll tear thee, or defile thee at the leaſt.
George Wither · A Considering Glass · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll either turn unto another ſide,
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They'lThey'll either turn unto another ſide,
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

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They'lThey'll wheele about to cheare me with their cry;
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They'lThey'll wheele about to cheare me with their cry;
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
They'lThey'll be tooke from thee, if thou ſo imploy'ſt them.
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They'lThey'll be tooke from thee, if thou ſo imploy'ſt them.
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

Logic in Two Books A72513

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They'lThey'll on the marble grave a living face,
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They'lThey'll on the marble grave a living face,
Petrus Ramus · Logic in Two Books · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

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They'lThey'll ſay its ſtolne, or elſe, it was by chance.
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They'lThey'll ſay its ſtolne, or elſe, it was by chance.
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 4 · Open in the reader

A Plain Dealing and Plain Meaning Sermon A85121

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Obj. It may be 'twill offend, diſpleaſe ſome? They'lThey'll cavill at it?
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Obj. It may be 'twill offend, diſpleaſe ſome? They'lThey'll cavill at it?
Ralph Farmer · A Plain Dealing and Plain Meaning Sermon · Open in the reader