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had each been robbed of notes
Thus, two banks that had each been robbed of notes to the amount of £4,000, recovered them on payment of £1,000.
— from Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Arthur Griffiths

had evidently been rummaging old Nor
With other vagabond wanderers, the Frenchman had evidently been rummaging old Nor'-West vaults.
— from Lords of the North by Agnes C. Laut

his eyes be raised On Nature
To the tune of “ Wilhelmus van Nassau ,” &c. Who hath his fancy pleased, With fruits of happy sight, Let here his eyes be raised On Nature’s sweetest light; A light which doth dissever, And yet unite the eyes; A light which, dying, never Is cause the looker dies.
— from A Defence of Poesie and Poems by Philip Sidney

his eyes be raiséd On Nature
But who hath fancies pleaséd, With fruits of happy sight, Let here his eyes be raiséd On Nature’s sweetest light.
— from A Defence of Poesie and Poems by Philip Sidney

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