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could hear every word in the still
He spoke at last to himself, and she could hear every word in the still silence.
— from Tippoo Sultaun: A tale of the Mysore war by Meadows Taylor

concerning her Emperor whom I think she
She examined me closely as to any information I might have gained in Germany concerning her Emperor, whom I think she really hates as much as the inhabitants of Warsaw can hate him.
— from Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1836-1840 by Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de

captive How easy were it To steal
Were I still the blind, Silly fool that I was, When I was bound thy captive, How easy were it To steal the ring again from me!
— from Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods The Ring of the Niblung, part 2 by Richard Wagner

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