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I was this moment, going to the Devel — but Cordell's hour is come-and I will infalably conclude this memorandon of a really pretty show by tomorrow's post. —
Letter 291 2009
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Nevertheless the time would soon come-and at this point in his deliberation he suddenly thought of Nyssen.
Parlor Games Carol Reid 2010
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Zyperis reveled in this delicious foretaste of the banquet to come-and the beauty of it was, the human had no notion his Demonic host was already siphoning off his pain and despair, while leaving its wellspring intact.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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It can warn of physical abuse to come-and even all by itself can destroy a relationship.
The Wounds Of Words 2008
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Outside Detroit, however, the optimists are outnumbered by skeptics like consultant Jack Lloyd of The Futures Group, who reckons that slow population and income growth in Europe, North America and Japan will put a damper on sales for years to come-and spell the end for second-tier companies that lack the resources to hang on.
Stormy Weather Ahead 2008
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A NEWSWEEK Poll last week underscored how far the gay-rights movement has come-and how far it has to go before it can claim victory.
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His shining coat glowed pearly and silken in the moonlight, his mane and tail fell like waterfalls of silver, and his eyes held the wisdom of ages past and the knowledge of ages to come-and Alberich knew, in that moment when he looked into the stallion's eyes, that the knowledge held as much sorrow as joy ....
Exile's Honor Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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His shining coat glowed pearly and silken in the moonlight, his mane and tail fell like waterfalls of silver, and his eyes held the wisdom of ages past and the knowledge of ages to come-and Alberich knew, in that moment when he looked into the stallion's eyes, that the knowledge held as much sorrow as joy ....
Exile's Honor Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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The clouds to the southwest have begun to lower, and the wind is damper, bringing spits of moisture that herald a fuller rain to come-and the storm headache for Lorn that is so common he can almost ignore it.
The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000
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This morning she had strained her eyes toward that empty arch every time the trumpet sounded, but no savior had come-and now even she had lost hope.
Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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