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Receiv'd his burning corps, and quench'd the flames.
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Are seen, Troy blaz'd: nor yet the fires were quench'd.
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Loves quench'd, hopes past, friends lost, and pleasures fled.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 Various
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It rather should be quench'd or drown'd i 'th waters.
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley
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Rais'd by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day?
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Your first tears quench'd by her, and your last sighs
What Great Men Have Said About Women Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 77 Various 1914
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As luck would have it, the lantern had not been quench'd by the fall, but lay flaring, and so guided us.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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'Tis very sad in these latter times to call back their shouts and boyish laughter, so soon to be quench'd on
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Of promise quench'd in turn, till all our sky was dark.
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Till light is quench'd, and Heaven in seas hath flung
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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