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Examples
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Look at these two 'Adieus' -- the one in the letter and this; they are the same -- precisely the same.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long Charles Reade 1849
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They all remained at the foot of the stairs for a moment, repeating their "Adieus" and
In the Quarter 1899
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All the guests had departed thus, passing close by him, almost brushing him, had exchanged their "Adieus," their "Au revoirs," and all their final, drawn-out farewells.
The Secret of the Night Gaston Leroux 1897
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Adieus qualifying between water and wine are pernicious, let the odd serious migrate: high! pure the thing on us 's the wine god's.
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I had not forgotten Adieus, as tender and affecting as those of any Hector or
John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778 1961
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The Adieus of Hector and Andromache, had attracted my
John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778 1961
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Adieus were said; the Europeans took to their boat, with but one Indian as a scout and possible interpreter, and pulled out from the shore, the mass of natives rushing after them into the water, weeping and lamenting.
Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan
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Adieus were said, and Paul found himself again in his taximeter cab.
High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn Anonymous
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Adieus are always saddening, and I close it with the words unspoken.
The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua Cecilia Pauline Cleveland
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With a sad Visage he made his Adieus, and he Exacted her Pledge to Write to him Occasionally.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) Various 1887
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