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"I broke gaol--and came A shadow crossed her face, but it was gone in a moment.— Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia
This circumstance occasioned it to be remarked by a few commonly honest people of Galveston, that if the gates of the gaol were closed at night, the community would be much improved Three days afterwards, a poor captain, from a Boston vessel, was summoned for the very identical bank-note, which he was obliged to pay, though he had never set his foot into the Tremont Hotel There is, in Galveston a new-invented trade, called "the rag-trade," which is very profitable.— Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet
It can only be a few months in gaol, and though I'd rather have my liberty, I can make myself happy wherever I am No, Jerry, I would not let you run that risk for my sake on any account; nor would I run it myself, much as I love my liberty and my wife," I answered.— Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor
She must either be at Briton's Mead or in Canterbury Gaol; and just now the gaol was the only possible place for her.— All's Well Alice's Victory
God would go with her into the gaol--perhaps more certainly than into Roger's home.— All's Well Alice's Victory

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