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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 2 (MED) The grete Senne original, Which every man in general Upon his berthe hath envenymed.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 163 And to þe temple yn al here goodly best wyse In general þere went many a wight.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1691 They dede his pleasure to obeye, Theder they came ichon in generall.

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iiij^v I wyll reherse here in generall The indulgences that ye haue shall.

1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 366 Let not the confidence of your friendes in general, be deceived.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E2^v Commons..or free places of feeding for the poore and others, euen all ingenerall.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 22 Twere better shee were kist in general . View more context for this quotation

1651 J. Collier tr. J. A. Comenius Patterne Universall Knowl. 16 Pansophy therefore by wholesome Counsel takes all things in generall into its consideration, that it may evidently and most clearly appeare, how lesser things are, and come to be, subordinate to the greater.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Jansenism It is Semi-Pelagianism to say, that Jesus Christ died, or shed his Blood for all Men in general.

1780 W. Tooke tr. J. G. Georgi Russia II. 352 All in general are fond of their toutmatsch, or mashed flesh made into balls, and their bisch sata, hashed meat mixed with parched corn.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 2507 As forto speke in general.

1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) To Rdr. sig. *2^v/2 As ferforth as I dare or know of temptacyons, I will shewe you in specyall & in general.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 112/1 Somwhat wold I speke of Luther, & his secte ingenerall.

1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. A.2^v Baith to zour lordschippis in speciall, and in generall to the haill communitie.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §1 Whether a Divine Law in generall, or the Law of Moses in particular may be abrogated.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 62. ¶7 Which..is not so properly a Definition of Wit, as of good writing in general.

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 318 The Air in general is mild, temperate and healthful.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 317 Of Spinous Fishes in General.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 71 The expansive power of liquids in general is greater than that of solids.

1893 Bookman June 78/1 The appointment..gave great dissatisfaction to the English world of letters in general and to Cary in particular.

1907 in C. von Noorden et al. Metabolism & Pract. Med. III. 701 It is the opinion of clinicians in general that castrated men, and women on whom ovariotomy has been performed, show a tendency towards obesity.

1940 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 25 203 Most of the songs, like peasant songs in general, have a melancholic, plaintive quality.

1992 Economist 7 Mar. 66/3 His government is desperate to show that it is doing something urgent about the economy in general, and pay packets in particular.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 822 She..was..goodly of here speche in general.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles i. 171 Thou art a graue and noble Counseller, Most wise in generall . View more context for this quotation

1614 T. Lorkin Let. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 346 If they had..not proceeded to personal invectives, and mutinous and seditious speeches against his majesty,..his favourites, and..the Scots in general.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFFiii I shall in general, gather certayne scrappes & cromes that holy doctors hath left behynde them in writyng.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xvii. 123 The Persians were wont to call them [sc. Scythians] in generall Sacas, of a people adjoining unto them, so named.

1657 S. Titus Killing noe Murder 12 What are the people in Generall but Knaues, Fooles, and Cowards; principled for Ease, vice, and Slavery?

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xiii. 393 Our wild visitors, who behaved themselves in general very quietly and peaceably.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 191 It is in general hereditary, or descendible to the next heir, on the death or demise of the last proprietor.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 963 The curled maple..is met with where the common or sugar maple grows, but in general more on rocky ground.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. viii. 703 Not [required] to serve abroad, nor in general to go out of their own counties.

1908 J. Mann Suitability Australasian Timber 4 Timbers in which the grain is closely twisted and interwoven, are in general very hard, dense, and heavy.

1940 M. Tornich Radius Action Aircraft App. C. 122 In general, a magnetic compass is composed of magnetic needles which align themselves with the earth's magnetic field.

1987 R. A. Thompson & L. S. Thompson Egoshell i. i. 51 Overspecialization, in general, is unhealthy.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. iii. i. ii. 237 If two talke together..or tell a tale in generall, he thinks presently they meane him.