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654. From the Greek word an ant;’ according to this version of the story EXPLANATION This fable, perhaps, has no other foundation than the retreat of the subjects of Æacus into woods and caverns, whence they returned, when the contagion had ceased with which their country had been afflicted and when he had nearly lost all hopes of seeing them again.— The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII
Then he saw Voltaire's prose tales in four volumes, in French,--an enchanting Didot edition, with ink as black as Hades and paper as white as snow; also bound in full calf.— Clayhanger
What an--an inebriating effect, if I may use the word without offence to the late lamented poet, would be added to the cup that cheers by the thought that the same handle, the same spout, the same--er--er--furry deposit in the inside, have ministered to the refreshment of one of the master spirits of our day!— A College Girl
As to inflection, we see in Latin an adjective and a substantive standing together, yet differing in gender, in number, or in case; and we know that the adjective does not qualify the substantive.— "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students
She looks like an--an angel Isabel could not at once suppress the gratified note which crept of itself into her voice That's the outside o' the cup an' platter," she said knowingly.— Tiverton Tales

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