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Men up the Mountains, the Whites following him; but he having the Start, while they were busied in burning and plundering, he wheel'd round, and came upon their Backs, and from the Woods and Bushes poured in his Shot; his Men being all well cover'd, the Whites did them no Harm, and thought proper to retire with the Loss of Six Men, and many wounded, for there were Thirty and a Captain.
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt
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As he wheel'd on above, in the zun's evenèn light,
Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect William Barnes
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Straight I wheel'd a cushion'd seat in front of bird, and bust, and door;
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Straight I wheel'd a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust, and door;
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Benj. N. Martin
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So the stars wheel'd round, and the darkness past, 35
Wanderers 1919
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Blank they all wheel'd towards her, with their mouths
Georgian Poetry 1918-19 Various 1912
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Stung to the quick, I wheel'd round, and made a lunge or two, that he put aside as easily as though I were a babe.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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The man wheel'd round without another word, led us aft over the blocks, cordage, and all manner of loose gear that encumber'd the deck, to a ladder that, toward the stern, led down into darkness.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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And there is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheel'd universe.
Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library 1884
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Flew from the flower-crown'd doors, and wheel'd, and broke;
Helen of Troy Andrew Lang 1878
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