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  • This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings,

    The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra 2004

  • Although in one instance the bearers of not good tidings,

    Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 2001

  • I was about to tell you, the queen has sent her to Ougein -- this I called unpleasant tidings,

    Tales from the Hindu Dramatists R. N. Dutta

  • Now when the heralds reached their own country with these tidings,

    Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • Meanwhile, as one is always pleased to be the bearer of good tidings,

    Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895

  • Little more than two years have passed away since the September afternoon when the deep-toned bell rang out the merry tidings,

    Cousin Maude Mary Jane Holmes 1866

  • But when the return of post had brought no reply, and the next day was likewise barren of tidings,

    Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

  • When the prospect of that delight no longer illumined his days, why should he not enjoy the other delight of communicating his tidings,

    John Caldigate Anthony Trollope 1848

  • 'Father,' said Fausta, after Gracchus had communicated the happy tidings,

    Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra William Ware 1824

  • This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings,

    Antony and Cleopatra 1606

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