unfrequent
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Though not born to support a military character, he gave sufficient proofs of his courage, not only in public tournaments, which were then not unfrequent in Italy, but also upon more trying occasions.
From The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) by Knowles, John
They could worship together, they could eat together, and marriages between Spaniards and the daughters of the native landowners were not unfrequent.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.
The instances are not unfrequent in which persons have attained a high place both in politics and literature.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.
A variety of urinary calculus—the uric acid—formed by concretions of this substance in the kidneys is a not unfrequent occurrence in connexion with gout; hence the well-known association of this disease and gravel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
It was perhaps at some of these conferences that Mary imperceptibly imbibed, from her future mother-in-law, and her not unfrequent visitor, Nostradamus, a slight portion of that tendency to superstitious belief then so prevalent.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford