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Once again, when I came to that moment when my companion fainted,
The Lady of the Ice A Novel James De Mille
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One day he marched right in de Senate, wid his gold head cane, and beat a Senator 'til him fainted,
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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Which all this while had bled; and now he fainted,
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It has all been told and painted; as for me, they say I fainted,
Poems of American Patriotism Brander Matthews 1890
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While Guy and Molly were in vain endeavouring to comfort Nora, who, after uttering shriek after shriek, closed her eyes and lay perfectly still, so much so, that Molly thought for a moment that she had fainted,
Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World L. T. Meade 1884
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It has all been told and painted; as for me, they say I fainted,
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 08: Bunker Hill and Other Poems Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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It has all been told and painted; as for me, they say I fainted,
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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A scream of horror at the sight of his bloody sword, and another of joy at the recognition of their master, was followed up with the assurance that Madame had only fainted,
Newton Forster The Merchant Service Frederick Marryat 1820
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How he complained, called for her help, and fainted,
Jerusalem Delivered Torquato Tasso 1569
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1801: Should haue borne men, and expectation fainted,
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