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1606.  Shaks., Ant. & Cl., III. vi. 52. You … haue preuented The ostentation of our loue; which left vnshewne, Is often left vnlou’d.

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1614.  Sylvester, Bethulia’s Rescue, IV. 45. Though, as unknown, to pass unshown shee ween, Her Odors made her smelt, her Jewels seen.

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1648.  Hexham, II. Ongetoont, Vnshowne, or Vndemonstrated.

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1832.  L. Hunt, Gentle Armour, ii. 16. The stranger, with his face unshewn, Rides in.

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1865.  M. Arnold, Ess. Crit., 286. Marcus Aurelius saw it [Christianity] with its future yet unshown.

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