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Examples
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Thou shouldst come like a Fury crownd with snakes,
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The priestess marked, all bristling now with snakes,
The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor 70 BC-19 BC Virgil 1902
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And with the fish and dolphins gleaming, and scaly crocodiles and snakes,
National Epics Kate Milner Rabb 1901
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His mustachios kept curling up and down like angry snakes,
Men, Women and Ghosts Amy Lowell 1899
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This and the legend of storms attacking him and his being protected by the king of snakes,
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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Brought up in blood, and cherish'd with scrawling snakes,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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A week passed by, and one day they saw ever so many snakes,
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858
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Thou shouldst come like a Fury crown'd with snakes,
Antony and Cleopatra 1606
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Other species confiscated during the investigation were copperhead and eastern hognose snakes,
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Thou shouldst come like a Fury crown’d with snakes,
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