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  • Dave Egger’s "After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned," is told from the viewpoint of an unfortunate pit bull.

    Speaking With The Angel: Summary and book reviews of Speaking With The Angel by Nick Hornby. 2001

  • For here trickled the thin flow of that rocky rivulet which was the other entrance and exit penetrating that immense horror of marsh and bog and depthless sink-hole known as Drowned Valley.

    The Flaming Jewel 1899

  • On the 20th of August they all embarked and paddled southward, passed the lonely promontory where Fort Ticonderoga was afterwards built, and held their course till the lake dwindled to a mere canal creeping through the weedy marsh then called the Drowned Lands.

    A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II Francis Parkman 1858

  • The applause which his licentiousness produced, is too good a justification; besides, if he had not succeeded, he exposed himself to the fate of Eupolis, who, in a comedy called the Drowned Man, having imprudently pulled to pieces particular persons, more powerful than himself, was laid hold of, and drowned more effectually than those he had drowned upon the open stage.

    The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Samuel Johnson 1746

  • In the west, the plan gives way near the cavern wall to a short wilderness of mushrooms, shoals, and stalagmites known as the Drowned Deep.

    Home 2008

  • JEFF FLOCK, CNN ANCHOR: As we mentioned, Madonna's "Drowned" world tour comes to Detroit tonight.

    CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2001 2001

  • "Drowned," he said, after a brief pause, with complacent composure.

    The Great Taboo Grant Allen 1873

  • Vedder and Meighan returned for the second verse of played 'Drowned' acoustically while Daltrey returned to the stage to begin 'Bell Boy', with Meighan appearing at the back of the stage after the first verse to sing the late

    NME Features 2010

  • He wrapped the evening out in the spotlight on his own, armed only with his acoustic guitar, singing "The Acid Queen," "Drowned" and "Won't Get Fooled Again."

    Expecting Rain 2008

  • "Pete did 'Pinball Wizard,' 'Drowned' (from Quadrophenia) and a duet with John Williams on 'Won't Get Fooled Again.'

    Mike Ragogna: And Now For Something Completely Different: The Secret Policeman's Film Festival 2009

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