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fountains every region near Seem
I was with Hercules and Cadmus once When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta; never did I hear Such gallant chiding, for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

fountains every region near Seem
HIPPOLYTA I was with Hercules and Cadmus once When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear Such gallant chiding; for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry: I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.
— from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

fountains every region near Seem
For besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem’d all one mutual cry.
— from The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 01 (of 12) by William Hazlitt

for ever reigns not so
ence of stained glass, a semi-obscurity for ever reigns: not so great as that of Gerona, but so far dim and religious that only when the sun is full on the south windows can many of the details be seen.
— from Glories of Spain by Charles W. (Charles William) Wood

fountains every region near Seem
i. "... besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry: I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder."
— from A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire by J. Arthur (Joseph Arthur) Gibbs

fountains every region near Seem
once, When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear Such gallant chiding: for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry.
— from Shakespeare the Boy With Sketches of the Home and School Life, Games and Sports, Manners, Customs and Folk-lore of the Time by W. J. (William James) Rolfe

found eight runaway negro slaves
Among my new neighbors I found eight runaway negro slaves who had deserted from the Island of St. Andreas, in canoes, a distance of about two degrees, and took refuge here.
— from Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... by Jacob Dunham

fountains every region near seem
He prolongs and repeats his burthens, till the whole action echoes with them, till 'the groves, the fountains, every region near, seem all one mutual cry.'
— from The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Salter Bacon

fountains every region near Seemed
If, therefore, he was debarred from following the chase himself, he loved to see the hunt sweep by— "When the skies, the fountains, every region near, Seemed all one mutual cry."
— from William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical Tale by Henry Curling

fountains every region near Seemed
Besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seemed all one mutual cry."
— from William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical Tale by Henry Curling

facial expression requires no study
Perhaps a little self-sufficiency may be at the bottom of this; facial expression requires no study from you, you think; it comes by nature to you to know enough about it, and you are not to be taken in.
— from Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens


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