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  • 1651, Nathaniel Bacon, The Continuation of An Historicall Discourse:
    the matter concerning the Divorce of the Lady Katherine Dowager, came before the Pope by Appeal, and there depended the King himself also, waiting upon that See for justice
  • 1843Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
    "I wish it was a little heavier judgment," replied the woman; "and it should have been, you may depend upon it, if I could have laid my hands on anything else. Open that bundle, old Joe, and let me know the value of it. Speak out plain. I'm not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. We know pretty well that we were helping ourselves, before we met here, I believe. It's no sin. Open the bundle, Joe."