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  • He dug, and raked, and carted — cleared the ground — and the next winter, ere the snow – blasts came,

    Peer Gynt 2008

  • He dug, and raked, and carted — cleared the ground — and the next winter, ere the snow – blasts came,

    Peer Gynt 2008

  • More rapid than vultures, out talking points came,

    A No-Spin Yuletide Blame 2007

  • No-ble kings and princ-es would bow when-e'er they came,

    cbrimble Diary Entry cbrimble 2006

  • The first was a knight, and from Tynedale he came,

    Ivanhoe 2004

  • Sent his poor queen to France, from whence she came,

    The Second part of King Henry the Sixth 2004

  • For a few minutes the brother and sister were too eager in their praise of the night and their remarks on the stars, to think beyond themselves; but when the first pause came,

    Mansfield Park 2004

  • It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came,

    Alice in Wonderland 2003

  • I paid no attention to her at all, but all at once, when the minute came,

    The Brothers Karamazov 2003

  • The forenoon was a dreary time, but at noon the solicitor came,

    Dracula 2003

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