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1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 802 Quhill [Wallace] thar maid promys be his hand, Gyff euir agayn he thocht to leyff Scotland To cum till him.

1566 T. Becon New Postil i. f. 125^v Thou knowest not..whether thou shalt euer again haue such oportunitie & occasion to heare it.

a1618 W. Bradshaw Medit. Mans Mortalitie (1621) 59 There were no hope or expectation, that hee would ever againe shew himselfe mercifull.

1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum i. i. 73 When the Act comes out against Metaphors, I hope there will be a clause in't, that no Rhetorician shall ever again use an Argument.

1730 C. Coffey Female Parson iii. ii. 49 If ever again I do marry, May Beasts my Associates be.

1788 Oswald Castle II. 47 Leave me, my lord duke, you have no right to expect I shall ever again suffer my doors to be opened to you.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xiv. 130 Nor did he ever again face the doughty Mrs. Pipchin.

1893 G. Gissing Odd Women III. x. 307 When once a woman has lied, how can she ever again be believed?

1940 S. Lewis Bethel Merriday xiii. 108 Their rudeness had made her less likely ever again to mistake insolence for good manners.

2003 Sugar Aug. 24/2 Although I'd told myself I wouldn't touch drugs ever again, I thought half a pill wouldn't do any harm.