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This is the chaos that Pezo Von Ellrichshausen Architects aim to quell, through a brilliant negotiation of the storm outside and the serene self within.— Stories from The Sun
The only way to "quell" al Queda and other terrorist organisations is to send black ops to destroy the terrorist cells and so called "madrasas" that are teaching twisted definitions of shahid and jihad.— The New American
Writhing to and fro He wept profuse, while many a bloody whelk Protuberant beneath the sceptre sprang Awe-quell'd he sat, and from his visage mean Deep-sighing, wiped the rheums.— The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper
Nay, she seemed a flame herself--of life, of love, of spirit which naught could daunt or quell, and on her high-held imperial head she wore a wreath of roses red as blood She will look up," he thought, "she will look up at me But she did not, though he could have sworn that which he felt should have arrested her.— His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality

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