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• The firing ceased, and soon after, night closed over the scene of the battle field. —  The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson
• When the fireworks ceased, a large scene was lighted in the court, representing their Majesties; on each side of which were six obelisks, painted with emblems, and illuminated; mottoes beneath in Latin and English: 1. —  Letters of Horace Walpole, v1
• It had ceased, as a matter of fact, sometime during the machine-gun volley which had been poured into the car The car's floor was covered to a depth of something like two inches with a gooey mess. —  046 - The Vanisher
• In a comparatively brief time agitation in behalf of the disinherited heir ceased, and imperial ratification alone was required to stamp the territory as a legal fraction of the Burgundian domains. —  Charles the Bold
• The rain ceased, and the day was just suited to the scenery,--wild and chill,--with great masses of cloud glooming over the moors, and here and there a ray of sunshine covertly stealing through, and resting with a dim magical light upon some high bleak village; or darting down into some deep glen, lighting up the tall chimney, or glistening on the windows and wet roof of the mill which lies couching in the bottom. —  The Life of Charlotte Bronte Volume 2

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