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1682. Boyle, Lett., Wks. 1772, VI. 43. But, together with that unwelcome news, you send me what does much alleviate the unwelcomness of it.
1727. Bailey (vol. II.).
1876. Geo. Eliot, Dan. Der., vii. Her words had the unwelcomeness which all unfavourable fortune-telling has.