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How much of the sybil's prophecy is already history, you know already.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various
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The room in which Chip was confined was the sybil's chief pride.
Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton
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He invites his lords to accompany him to the sybil's dwelling, and orders Oscar to bring him a fisherman's disguise.
The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley
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In the picture of "The Adoration of the Magi and Kings," in the Queen's Collection, the solemnity is carried to the utmost extent, like the mysterious leaf of a sybil's book; the only light shed over the scene seems to descend from the lurid rays of the star that stood over the place of the nativity, and guided them to the spot.
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[Illustration: The garret was still a sybil's den.]
The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney Jean de La Fontaine 1658
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