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I know one very well alied, to whom, at the instance of a brother of his[…], I spake to that purpose[…].

It sends some precious instance of itself/ After the thing it loves.

The instances that second marriage move

Are base respects of thrift, but none of love.

The reason that I gather he is mad, Besides this present instance of his rage, Is a mad tale he told to day at dinner […]

The Statutes, or Acts of Parliament themſelves. Theſe ſeem, as if in the Time of Edw[ard] I. they were drawn up into the Form of a Law in the firſt Inſtance, and ſo aſſented to by both Houſes, and the King, as may appear by the very Obſervation of the Contexture and Fabrick of the Statutes of thoſe Times.

most remarkable instances of suffering

One's own death is an 'accidental' event, simply another instance of the general rule that human beings die.

Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.

As long as the most difficult instance you've tried is Gnomeregan, you're never going to be credible talking about 'difficult encounters'.

The instance is created for the group that enters it.