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But like the white flash of a sea-bird's wings as it dives into the blue sea, the Prince's broad sword gleamed and fell on the loathsome monster's flat, scaly head, and in a great voice he cried aloud on all living things to witness that if this creature of evil magic did him any harm, he would strike her dead.
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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Now, do you see that cutter over yonder, coming into shore with its big sail like a sea-bird's wing?
Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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Then the theme was changed, and on the air was borne the measured sweep of countless oars and the swish of waters around the prows of contending galleys, and the breezy voices of the sailors and the sea-bird's cry.
The Golden Spears And Other Fairy Tales Edmund Leamy
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The Earth Girl first sees the light, such as it is, in a cavern, and is brought up on raw eggs fresh from the sea-bird's nest, uncooked herbs, and raw fish.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 Various
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I will go out across the bar, with a swoop like the flight of a sea-bird's wings,
Spun-Yarn and Spindrift Norah Mary 1918
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In those days, as in our own, Venice lay upon her lagoons, a city (as Cassiodurus long ago saw her [B]) like a sea-bird's nest afloat on the shallow waves, a city like a ship, moored to the land but only at home upon the seas, the proudest city in all the
Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914
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Still brave; now breaking like a sea-bird's cry 'Farewell!'
Georgian Poetry 1920-22 Various 1912
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The gesture was all strength and will, like the stretching of a sea-bird's wings
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It was a long low house, made of three fishermen's cottages thrown into one, built so close to the edge of the cliff that it seemed like a sea-bird's nest, with windows overlooking the channel and the harbour, and a strip of stony garden behind.
Monitress Merle Angela Brazil 1907
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Filled full with delight that revives in remembrance a sea-bird's heart in a boy.
Figures of Several Centuries Arthur Symons 1905
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