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One Morning early our Ears were saluted with the Noise of Hunting; to which we listen'd not long, ere we saw a Panther pursu'd by a Lady a
Exilius 2008
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Sophisms, and therefore pursu'd the Dictates of her own Fancy; and, like
Exilius 2008
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After this, I call'd Gito to me; and "tell me," said I, "but sincerely, whether Ascyltos, when he took you from me, pursu'd the injury that night, or was chastly content to lye alone?"
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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Yokdhan_ (answerably to his Vigour and Power both of Knowledge and Body, which God had bestow'd upon him) pursu'd him with all his Might, till at last he overtook him and seiz'd on him, and held him fast, so that he could not get away.
The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail
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The old woman in a great rage pursu'd me, and tho 'drunk with wine, and their more hot desires, took the right way: and follow'd me through two or three villages, crying stop thief; but with my hands all bloody, in the hasty flight, I got off.
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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And this misgrounded Conceit of his, had like to have firmly rooted itself in his Mind, unless God had pursu'd him with his
The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail
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Or if he saw any Creature pursu'd by any wild Beast, or entangled in a Snare, or prick'd with Thorns, or that had gotten any thing hurtful fallen into its Eyes or Ears, or was hungry or thirsty, he took all possible care to relieve it.
The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail
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_ These Blacks when pursu'd by the _Spaniards, _ with the sound of little Sticks, give notice to the rest, that are dispers'd about the Woods, to save themselves by
Negritos of Zambales William Allan Reed
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I pursu'd the counsel, and put on so pleasant a face that he receiv'd me in drollery, without the grave stiffness of a master.
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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You may imagine we cou'd not be so blind to our Interest as to make an honourable Family our unnecessary Enemies by not taking his Advice; which the Lady, too, being sensible of, saw the Affair had its Difficulties, and therefore pursu'd it no farther.
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