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Sometimes the persecutress stalked him, unarmed; anon she threatened with a five-dollar bill.
Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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During this time, Kosciusko remained in prison at St. Petersburg; but, at the end of two years, the death of his persecutress, the
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Then, as my female persecutress alighted on the floor of the compartment in the limp condition of a collapse, I stepped across to my original seat, and endeavoured to look as if with withers unwrung.
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. F. Anstey 1895
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This intricate flight at first suggests the idea that she is trying to lead her persecutress astray by means of an inextricable tangle of marches and countermarches.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Far from being intimidated by the sudden arrival of the Halictus, the Gnat pays hardly any attention; and, in the same way, the Halictus takes no notice of her persecutress, unless the bandit pursue her and worry her on the wing.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Among the very few objections to his charming work, one was, that he seemed to excuse that Queen more than was allowable, from the very papers he has printed in his Appendix; and some have thought, that though he could not disculpate her, he has diverted indignation from her, by his art in raising up pity for her and resentment against her persecutress, and by much overloading the demerits of Lord Darnley.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757
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