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Strainer of ooze impure milk'd from a watery fen;
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Strainer of ooze impure milk'd from a watery fen;
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Strainer of ooze impure milk'd from a watery fen; (110)
The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus
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Drop o 'milk'd been a fine thing for that there boy if I could ha' squeezed it out.
King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale George Manville Fenn 1870
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With her it was the milking time, and while she milk'd the goat,
Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems Isabella Valancy Crawford 1868
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"Then it will follow that cold stopping curd And harden'd moldy cheese, when they have rid Due circuits through the heart, at last shall speed Of life and sense, look thorough our thin eyes And view the close wherein the cow did feed Whence they were milk'd: grosse pie crust will grow wise, And pickled cucumbers sans doubt philosophize!"
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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Look'd forth, then, kindling fire, his flocks he milk'd
The Odyssey of Homer 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1765
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At the cave's mouth, he, sitting, milk'd his sheep
The Odyssey of Homer 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1765
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And as Nature, who gives Supplies of Food to every Creature, dictates even naturally how to make use of it; so I that had never milk'd a Cow, much less a Goat, or seen Butter or Cheese made, very readily and handily, tho 'after a great many Essays and Miscarriages, made me both Butter and Cheese at last, and never wanted it afterwards.
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner 1719
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Then I knew that my Goats wanted to be milk'd too, which usually was my Evening Diversion; and the poor Creatures were in great Pain and Inconvenience for want of it; and indeed, it almost spoil'd some of them, and almost dry'd up their Milk.
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner 1719
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