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I had teh gud ol peeked, silen, melt teh hed splort?
why ur hed jus asplode? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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McInerney also asserted during the same episode that invading Iraq and overthrowing Saddam would actually improve public opinion of America in the Arab world, and predicted that the "jubilation in Mosul, Basra, and Baghdad" after the invasion "will silen [ce] the Arab street."
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"Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, echoing a great many philosophers, poets and mystics throughout history who have espoused the virtues of silen ...
Stacey Lawson: Might As Well Face It, You're Addicted To Thought 2008
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"Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, echoing a great many philosophers, poets and mystics throughout history who have espoused the virtues of silen ...
Stacey Lawson: Might As Well Face It, You're Addicted To Thought 2008
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German scholars have adopted the doctrine that Marsyas belonged to that mythological group which they designate as "Schlauch-silen" or, as we would say in English, "Wineskin-bearing Silenuses."
Satyricon 2007
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They moved through the forest only at night, and silen AWenger carrying the girl over the roughest parts to save I feet, allowing no one else to hoist her up.
Briar Rose Yolen, Jane 1991
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German scholars have adopted the doctrine that Marsyas belonged to that mythological group which they designate as "Schlauch-silen" or, as we would say in English, "Wineskin-bearing Silenuses."
The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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German scholars have adopted the doctrine that Marsyas belonged to that mythological group which they designate as "Schlauch-silen" or, as we would say in English, "Wineskin-bearing Silenuses."
The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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Paula Wendell swung the car about, and in silen Mr. Leatherbee grunted.
The Chinese Parrot Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933 1926
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Ahm a silen 'man, an' ah doan laff much, but ah liked hit in Hannah, ah suttinly did -- mighty well.
Many Kingdoms Elizabeth Garver Jordan 1907
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