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1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xiii. 549 The summe of 10. is added to the grand-summe.

1611 S. Hieron Spirituall Sonne-ship 11 As I haue giuen you a bill, as it were of particulars, so I will now in a word tender vnto you the graund sum of all.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 294 Produce the grand summe of his sinnes, the Articles Collected from his life. View more context for this quotation

1792 J. Gunning Apol. Life Major-Gen. G—— 30 The sum total of my amours..amounts to sixty-six married women; sixty-two virgins; five maids of honour..; one old maid; and eleven widows; in all, amounting to the grand sum of One Hundred and Forty-Five Persons.

1899 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 28 Mar. 551 The whole duty saved to the farming community under that reduction was the grand sum of $294, or one-twentieth of one cent each.

1905 Jrnl. 17th Ann. Convent. Diocese Oregon 17 If the 420,000 Sunday school children in our whole church give at this same rate, they will make up the grand sum of $218,400.

1988 Orange Coast Mag. Feb. 136/2 The average first-year expenses for new parents total $2,933... The largest expense? The grand sum of $770 spent for nursery items.

1995 Foresight (Sun Alliance) Winter 8/2 This split-windscreen Morris Minor was no spring chicken when he was purchased by Leslie Bell for the grand sum of £200.