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  • "Affright not Joel," Martha replied to her brother, "but tell me whether the _kittuna_ of this Rabbi is wool or flax, or his _tallith_ handsomely embroidered."

    The Coming of the King Bernie Babcock

  • Richard's Demise, he had no Chance to tell me All, nor was there among his Papers the Keye nor any Clue to It. When J. call'd us, he was Beyond Speech & shee Hystericall with Affright.

    A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler 1905

  • Ares, the god of war, has two satellites, Terror and Affright.

    The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 1877

  • Egypt should ascribe aught so puerile to the awful emblem of royal majesty -- Abu Haul, the Father of Affright.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Bentley would fain have despatched them both, and, stealing close, aimed his flail at Phalaris's breast; but then the goddess Affright, interposing, caught the Modern in her icy arms, and dragged him from the danger she foresaw; both the dormant heroes happened to turn at the same instant, though soundly sleeping, and busy in a dream.

    The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Jonathan Swift 1706

  • Bentley would fain have despatched them both, and, stealing close, aimed his flail at Phalaris’s breast; but then the goddess Affright, interposing, caught the Modern in her icy arms, and dragged him from the danger she foresaw; both the dormant heroes happened to turn at the same instant, though soundly sleeping, and busy in a dream.

    The Battle of the Books 2003

  • [Note: Terror and Affright, Il. 15, 19: [Greek: hôs phato kai rh 'hippous keleto Deimon te Phobon te | zeugnymen].

    The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 1877

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