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At 2 in the afternoon peace was proclaim'd in form by a large party
Letter 291 2009
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Company in their Beds beyond the wonted Hour; only Valerius proclaim'd his Contempt of Lassitude, by rising before the others, having had his Thoughts employ'd on the Beauty of Artemisa, the fair
Exilius 2008
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Kirkmichael, where having proclaim'd the Pretender, and summon'd the people to attend his standard, they staid some few days, and then proceeded to Moulin, another small town in the shire of Perth, where they likewise proclaim'd him, and rested some short time, gathering their forces; and where by the coming in of others of their party, their number was considerably increased.
The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) James Pringle Thomson
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The murmurs hush'd -- the Herald straight proclaim'd
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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-- The distress'd inhabitants of this house are still alive; it is proclaim'd from every room by dreadful groans.
Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning
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_ My lord, (_to Ravensburg_) though lost in wonder and in joy, and now most certain he proclaim'd me as Manfredi's daughter, to give a colour to each cruel charge! yet can I see a fellow creature, torn with such convulsive agony!
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810
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And it is not your case alone, to be in all this trouble, for the Bridegroom is running up and down like a dog, in taking care that the Banns of Matrimony may be proclaim'd.
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
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When the bursting buds proclaim'd the spring time nearing.
The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand
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Then, silence thro 'the hall proclaim'd, she spoke:
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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"The sins of her fathers have overtaken her, as the Book of Exodus proclaim'd: therefore is her inheritance wasted, and given to the satyr and the wild ass."
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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