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  • But all the other deer on my side of the fence sure stay'd away.

    Timing is Everything 2008

  • There stay'd they at Achilles 'ship; and there did Thetis lay

    Historical References to the Oceanides 2008

  • There we stay'd many Hours; we drank, we supp'd, and fretted at our staying so long; we play'd, we slept, still no Return of our Sailors.

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • Creature was not hard to be persuaded, and accordingly persuaded her Son; so by a general Consent we were all to leave the Rock that Night; we only stay'd till the Moon rose, which was not long, it being a little past the

    Exilius 2008

  • They stay'd at Rohan some time, under colour of buying Goods to freight the Ship; For he pretended to be a great

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • The Truth is, I took it for Disguise, but could not imagine what should make him put it on; I thought the Mumming went too far, when the Masqueraders murder'd those they pretended to divert: But to convince me that this was no feign'd Indifference, he stay'd several Days at our House, acting this Scene of Inconstancy to Perfection.

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • Whilst I was thus arguing with myself, Fidelius put me in Mind that the Queen's Messenger stay'd; whereupon, in the Midst of many confus'd Thoughts, I writ to the

    Exilius 2008

  • Towrissa stay'd to bear me Company, and was my Bedfellow that

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • Here we stay'd a while to rest and refresh our selves after our dangerous

    Exilius 2008

  • If he stay'd away, I had my Ends I had long sought, the being rid of one that gave me so much

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

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