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• And when the men of Rome saw what had befallen, they set up a great shout, as men are wont when they have good luck beyond their hopes; and their champion made such haste to do his part that or ever the third of the Alban three could come up, though indeed he was close at hand, he had slain the second also. —  Stories From Livy
• You have seen what has befallen, and will befall, all Armenians, but you will not take warning, so I shall make you an example to all who see you." —  Martyred Armenia
• How otherwise could it have befallen, as it did, that she received Anthony's letter, which was of course addressed to Craford, at Isola Nobile no later than that very evening She read it, smiling Which of the many villas that overlook the bay and are visible from my window, with their white walls and dark-green gardens,--which is yours?" —  The Lady Paramount
• Splendid they were—but woe-befallen were they to be on their return, such of them as came back. —  Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III
• And when the fatal event had befallen, and the cardinal was laid in state, and the romantic and despairing woman would go to look on her dead friend, she accompanied her, deeply veiled, through the crowd, and knelt with her, amidst the solemn pomp, in tears and prayer, beside the unanswering clay. —  The Friendships of Women

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