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For which he would not trust me with the confines,
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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Accordingly, by reason of its inherent authority over titles to land within its territorial confines,
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920
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In the different provinces of the Roman Empire, and in the East even beyond its confines,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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There 'mid the souls whom the third sphere confines,
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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There 'mid the souls whom the third sphere confines,
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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Some likeness, which the glittering cirque confines,
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Some likeness, which the glittering cirque confines,
Don Juan George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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The dominion of Antonina was impaired by absence; and when she met her husband, on his return from the Persian confines,
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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The dominion of Antonina was impaired by absence; and when she met her husband, on his return from the Persian confines,
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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White, and King, which are presented in a single, taut act - but within those confines,
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