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And not to lose: then straight at game till day-light do they strive,
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton
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That 'gainst the stream of virtue they may strive,
Shakspere, Personal Recollections John A. Joyce
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And not to lose: then straight at game till day-light do they strive,
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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Twice vanquish'd while in bloody fields we strive,
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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He has knocked the pistol out of his hand -- small room was there to strive,
Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various
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He has knocked the pistol out of his hand -- small room was there to strive,
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QUOTATION: Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive,
Quotations 1919
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Throughout the living joyful year at lifeless tasks to strive,
Uxbridge Road Mrs. Stuart Moore 1917
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That gainst the stream of virtue they may strive,
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Twice vanquishd while in bloody fields we strive,
The Twelfth Book of the Aeneis Vergil 1909
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