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Suppose us there, then ent'ring thou the town, 370
The Odyssey of Homer 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1765
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We were, as all the World imagined then, just ent'ring on the ways that promised to lead to such a Peace, as would have answered all the Prayers of our religious Queen, the Care and Vigilance of a most able Ministry, the Payments of a willing and obedient People, as well as all the glorious Toils and Hazards of the
The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700
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Begun to be collected by Thomas Prince upon his ent'ring Harvard-College July 6 1703, and was given by said Prince, to remain therein forever. "
Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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"These hairs were brown, when, full of hope, ent'ring these holy lists,
Tales of the Chesapeake George Alfred Townsend 1877
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But this I believe you'll hardly think those to be, who are so far from ent'ring into the Sense and Spirit of the Ancients, that they don't yet understand their Language with any [Exactness.
The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700
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