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His speech was not only elegant and ready for purposes of mere business, like the ordinary oratory which will in the public market-place,
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Even religion failed to afford any consolation, and a man threw his Bible into the fire and cried out in the market-place,
England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1894
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And then in strange contrast came the jubilant cry of the older Hebrew worship, the cry which Gregory had wrested in prophetic earnestness from the name of the Yorkshire king in the Roman market-place,
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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Sternly the old man had heard Apelles to the end; then fixing upon him the keen eyes which flashed under the white overhanging brows, like volcano fire bursting from beneath a mountain crest of snow, he replied, in tones so loud that they rang all over the market-place,
Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History 1821-1893 A. L. O. E. 1857
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And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place,
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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In passing through an open space, which reminded me of a market-place,
The Life of Lord Byron Galt, John, 1779-1839 1830
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