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1382.  Wyclif, Rom. ix. 6. Sothli not that the word of God hath falle down, or failide vnfulfillid.

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1526.  Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 187 b. Than one iote or lettre of ye lawe of God sholde be vnfulfylled or founde vntrue.

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1548.  Udall, Erasm. Par. Luke iii. 34 b. To the entente that he would leaue no one poynte of humilitee or of righteousnesse vnfulfilled.

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1610.  Healey, St. Aug. Citie of God, XVII. ii. 621. No part of the earthly promise was left vnfulfilled.

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1676.  Glanvill, Ess. Philos. & Relig., i. 26. Had Authority prevail’d here,… Seneca’s Prophesie had been an unfulfil’d Prediction.

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1796.  Mme. D’Arblay, Camilla, V. 459. Thou art come,… thy task unfulfilled, thy peace unearned.

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1821.  Shelley, Adonais, xlv. The inheritors of unfulfilled renown Rose from their thrones.

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1879.  B. Taylor, Germ. Lit., 275. The promise of loftier development was not left unfulfilled.

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