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Wearied from the night of struggle and wreck, all hands were yet asleep,
Chapter 32 2010
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But when kidnappers are napping And robbers are asleep,
Separate Douglas Light 2010
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Molliret Thracum pectora. — — — He now lies asleep,
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While he gasped like a person half-drowned, without knowing the nature of his disaster, or remembering the situation in which he fell asleep,
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Ackee, O! Ackee, O! Whisker'd dons fall fast asleep,
Obi Melodrama Act I, Obi, Praxis Series, Romantic Circles 2002
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On her way home at an early hour when she met no one but bricklayers going to work or men sweeping the street, and everybody within the houses was still asleep,
War and Peace 2003
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The drunken politician leaps Upon the street where mothers weep And the saviors who are fast asleep,
I WANT YOU Dylan, Bob, 1941- 1966
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Often when passing the chair where Fluff lies asleep,
Friends and Helpers Sarah J. Eddy
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And sometimes she'd catch him dead drunk or asleep,
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Mrs. Miller had to go home, and when Mrs. Burt fell asleep,
Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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