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QUOTATION: When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
Quotations 1919
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Where I hid from the eyes of the red-coats and their spies,
Aghadoe 1919
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When the king's bailiffs came to make their investigations, and Rahab wanted to conceal the Israelitish spies,
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913
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Page 469 adventure, 424, 425; captures two Union spies,
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Guarded as it was by fortifications and surrounded by Indian spies,
French and English A Story of the Struggle in America Evelyn Everett-Green 1894
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And each old English peasant had his good old English spies,
Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886
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As if your luck could cheat those sleepless spies,
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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And ev'ry English peasant had his good old English spies,
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844
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Where the coy nymph knives, combs, and scissars spies,
Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I Hester Lynch Piozzi 1781
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The researchers noted that while there was no clear insight into the motives of the spies,
The Times of India 2010
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