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If out of so base a thing as inke there may be extracted a spirite, he writ with nought but the spirite of inke, and his stile was the spiritualtie of artes, and nothing else, where as all others of his age were but the lay temporaltie of inkhorne tearmes.— The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse
Carmichael leant upon a stile, and recalled the carriage of her head, the quick flash of her eye, the tap of her foot, the fascination of her manner.— Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers
I will sit on this stile, and continue to smile, Which may soften the heart of that Cow 8 There was an old man who said "Hush!— The Best Nonsense Verses
I being the youngest was the last at the stile, and, though struck with an inexpressible panic, saw the grim elf just at my heels, having a full and clear, though terrific view of him, with his ancient, swarthy, and grim complexion.— Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales
She said something about their going as far as the stile, then the next instant exclaimed: "How stupid of you--you've forgotten Mr. Hoppus Nick wondered.— The Tragic Muse

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