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And when Bacchides came and bade them prepare for death, as everyone thought most easy and painless, she took the diadem from her head, and fastening the string to her neck, suspended herself with it; which soon breaking,
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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- Wrong setting-up at centre by too many backings and/or non-aligned backings - this causes chattering, canting, tool breaking,
4. Preparation of the work on the regular engine lathe Horst Kth 1990
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Glitter'd the ocean around, in light the billows were breaking,
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various
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They are binding up their hearts away from breaking,
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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The plaints they are making, their wee bit hearts breaking,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Hull-down with all sail making, close-hauled with the white-tops breaking,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 Various
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Our souls from despair and our hearts from breaking,
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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I smiled on the boy, though my heart it seemed breaking,
War Poetry of the South Various
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But which told of the aching of hearts that were breaking,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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In the dusk of the dawning, as the day was just breaking,
Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall
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