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The sharp lessons received, about the period of our first acquaintance, had made a strong impression on him; and the summer-tide of prosperity suddenly setting in, had enabled him to realise good intentions and honourable resolves, which the chill current of adversity might have frozen in the germ.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various
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DEAR CONTINENTAL: 'Twas in the merry summer-tide, some seven years since, when I went with a friend catching trout and sketching scenery in the valley of the Connecticut.
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Nature kiss each other in the bright, clear purity of the happy summer-tide.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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Since the day when I made the memory of the Vaucluse my own, I have read how a great festival was held there in the summer-tide in honor of
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various
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The Sabbath-day drew to a close in the summer-tide of the year of grace one thousand and one, and the rustics of Ramersdorf amused themselves with a dance, as was their wont to do, in the courtyard of the monastery.
Folk-lore and Legends: German Anonymous
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And ah! the merry summer-tide! 'as a Minnisinger and many another singer have sung.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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But above all, it supposes a soul which, even in the pride and summer-tide of life -- even in the lustihood of health and strength, had felt oftenest and prized highest that which age cannot take away and which, in all our lovings, is the Love; ----
The Improvisatore 1927
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Outside the birds were singing, and from the hills came floating down the fragrance of the early summer-tide.
Bertha Garlan Arthur Schnitzler 1896
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I am hale and hearty, the gods be thanked, -- and may live on in hope to see you both next spring or summer-tide.
Thelma Marie Corelli 1889
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In the latter summer-tide of this same year I again persuaded him to visit me.
Literary Hearthstones of Dixie La Salle Corbell Pickett 1889
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