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  • Lord, oor micht, speyk a word o 'peacefu' recall to ony dog o 'thine' at may be worryin 'at the hert o' ony sheep o 'thine' at's run awa; but dinna ca 'him back sae as to lea' the puir sheep 'ahint him; fess back dog an' lamb thegither, O Lord.

    Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864

  • An 'a lang lasting train o' peacefu 'hours succeed!

    Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845

  • An 'a lang lasting train o' peacefu 'hours succeed!

    Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 3 George Gilfillan 1845

  • The video of the 12 yo boy beheading a man with women holding the man down is especially 'peacefu'.

    Southern Maryland Community Forums 2010

  • It's story is of a peacefu Missouril farmer whose family is slaughtered by Northern troops (known as Redlegs because of their red boots) during the Civil War, ones who also didn't discriminate between soldiers and the innocent.

    My Vengeful Last Name 2004

  • It's story is of a peacefu Missouril farmer whose family is slaughtered by Northern troops (known as Redlegs because of their red boots) during the Civil War, ones who also didn't discriminate between soldiers and the innocent.

    My Vengeful Last Name 2004

  • It's story is of a peacefu Missouril farmer whose family is slaughtered by Northern troops (known as Redlegs because of their red boots) during the Civil War, ones who also didn't discriminate between soldiers and the innocent.

    The Sudden Curve: 2004

  • In order to attain this, the region must develop capacity and expertise in the peacefu resolution and management of conflicts.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • And you'll be wondering if I think I kept my promise -- to prove that this can be a better, a bonnier world than it was before yon peacefu 'days of 1914 were blotted out.

    Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910

  • But as for them that have abused your Grace's ear, and set you up against a man that was ance as peacefu 'a man as ony in the land, and made your name the warrant for driving me to utter extremity, --- I have had some amends of them, and, for a' that your Grace now says, I expect to live to hae mair. ''

    Rob Roy 1887

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