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1574.  T. Cartwright, Full Declar., a 2 b. That vnreuenged, and vnpurified shedinge off giltlesse bloud.

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1617.  Moryson, Itin., I. 10. Vnpurified siluer as it comes from the Mines.

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1667.  Decay Chr. Piety, ii. 37. Our sinful Nation … is indeed now come out [of the furnace], but so unpurified, that [etc.].

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a. 1779.  Warburton, Div. Leg., VI. Notes, Wks. 1788, III. 576. This active Watchman of the Church militant will let nothing escape him,… nor leave any thing unpurified that has once passed through my hands.

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1791.  Cowper, Yardley Oak, 12. The conscience, yet Unpurified by an authentic act Of amnesty.

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1832.  G. R. Porter, Porcelain & Gl., 275. The presence of iron in the unpurified sea-sand and ashes of which it is composed.

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