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  • Sallying forth in the bright sunshine, I found homeowners throughout the city were displaying flags, silent sentinels in remembrance of American pride -- and tragedy.

    Plainfield Remembers 9/11 on Anniversary 6 Dan 2007

  • Sallying forth in the bright sunshine, I found homeowners throughout the city were displaying flags, silent sentinels in remembrance of American pride -- and tragedy.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Dan 2007

  • Sallying out from Megara, the Athenians cut off the party that was employed in erecting the trophy, and engaged and defeated the rest.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • Sallying forth with it at these times, far into the country, I seldom returned at night without a string of bullfinches, blackbirds, and linnets hanging in triumph round my neck.

    Lavengro 2004

  • Sallying arm in arm from the Station Hotel, where we had determined to take up our quarters for the night, we crossed a bridge over the deep quiet Nen, on the southern bank of which stands the station, and soon arrived at the cathedral — unfortunately we were too late to procure admission into the interior, and had to content ourselves with walking round it and surveying its outside.

    Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

  • Sallying out from Megara, the Athenians destroyed the party that was employed in erecting the trophy, and engaged and defeated the rest.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Sallying out from Megara, the Athenians destroyed the party that was employed in erecting the trophy, and engaged and defeated the rest.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Sallying forth, and still avoiding the square, I roamed round the little town, distracting my mind by forcing an interest in what was going on.

    The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough

  • Sallying forth from the _pension_, Hadria would sometimes pause, for a moment, at the corner of the street, where it opened into the Place de la Concorde, irresolute, because of the endless variety of possible ways to turn, and places to visit.

    The Daughters of Danaus Mona Caird

  • Sallying from the town at double quick, in column of four ranks, they crossed the bridge just outside the city, when the gallant Colonel Spear received his mortal wound, and fell at the head of his men.

    Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 George T. Stevens

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