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Vainly! and all we wrought the gods have foiled,
The Eumenides 2002
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Vainly! and all we wrought the gods have foiled,
The Eumenides 2002
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Still the waters, lax and languid, chafed and foiled,
Poems and Ballads (Third Series) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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The efforts of the queen-mother to obtain the regency were foiled,
History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 John Richard Green 1860
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But I will search carefully for it even in being foiled,
Poems By Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855
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But for such footmen as thee and I are, let us never desire to meet with an enemy, nor vaunt as if we could do better, when we hear of others that they have been foiled,
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After many abortive attempts, Maoists hit passenger train train accident which killed two and injured 55 others was culmination of series of similar attempts by the Maoists in the past which were foiled,
WN.com - Articles related to Maoists blow 4 schools as J'khand readies for polls today 2009
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After many abortive attempts, Maoists hit passenger train train accident which killed two and injured 55 others was culmination of series of similar attempts by the Maoists in the past which were foiled,
WN.com - Articles related to Maoists target havens of sex tourism in state 2009
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