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English citations of process

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Thenne spak kynge Bagdemagus to syre Launcelot: syre youre curtosy wyll shende vs alle and thy curtosy hath waked alle this sorowe; for and they thus ouer our landes ryde they shalle by processe brynge vs alle to noughte whyles we thus in holes vs hyde.
"Then spake King Bagdemagus to Sir Launcelot: Sir, your courtesy will shende us all, and thy courtesy hath waked all this sorrow; for an they thus over our lands ride, they shall by process bring us all to nought whilst we thus in holes us hide."
  • 1813Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
    "I should like balls infinitely better," she replied, "if they were carried on in a different manner; but there is something insufferably tedious in the usual process of such a meeting. It would surely be much more rational if conversation instead of dancing were made the order of the day."
  • 1843Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
    And then let any man explain to me, if he can, how it happened that Scrooge, having his key in the lock of the door, saw in the knocker, without its undergoing any intermediate process of change — not a knocker, but Marley's face.