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She paus'd a while, and said, she was extreamly satisfied with our open Sincerity, and was resolv'd to commit her self and her Fortune to our care, and with us take a Voyage into Europe, for the sake of that Holy Religion we had taught her; and accordingly, took convenient measures to dispose and make off this her Country Estate, under pretence of retiring from the Fatigue of Rural Incumbrance.
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She paus'd a while, and said, she was extreamly satisfied with our open Sincerity, and was resolv'd to commit her self and her Fortune to our care, and with us take a Voyage into Europe, for the sake of that Holy Religion we had taught her; and accordingly, took convenient measures to dispose and make off this her Country Estate, under pretence of retiring from the Fatigue of Rural Incumbrance.
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He paus'd; and, while with wond'ring eyes they view'd
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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-- I stopp'd, paus'd, then rode on; stopp'd again, irresolute whether to proceed.
Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning
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-- _If what I conjecture is true_ -- Here he paus'd, and look'd so sternly, that I expected all would out.
Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning
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When sudden thunders paus'd, loud went the shriek,
Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" J. L. Cherry
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Then he paus'd on the examining of these Forms which he knew before, one by one, and found that they were produc'd anew, and that they must of necessity be beholden to some efficient Cause.
The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail
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After this we met about a dozen on the road, and all paus'd to stare.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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I took a step to the door on the left, paus'd for a second or two with my hand on the latch, and then cautiously push'd it open.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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He paus'd a moment; then stirr'd up No. 2, who open'd one eye lazily, and shut it again in slumber.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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