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At the moment when, with incredible efforts, he had effected the passage of the Moorish camp, and was off like an ostrich for the desert, the firing of the French, who had reached his deira, struck his ear.
Edmond Dantès Edmund Flagg
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Eg baae kvit 'og raue Roser ser --, paa Kinni hennar deira Lit'kje blandast; og meire fin vel Blomsterangen er, en den som ut fraa Lipunn' hennar andast.
An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Martin Brown Ruud 1913
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Stykke heiter: "Det grøtelege gamanspele um Pyramus og Tisbi og deira syndlege daude."
An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Martin Brown Ruud 1913
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He was to call at M.deira for a supply of wine; to sail for the Cape of Good Hope and there refresh his men; then to look for Cape Circumcision, placed by M. Bouvet in 54 degrees South, 11 degrees
The Life of Captain James Cook Kitson, Arthur 1907
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The last two of the palm islands include palm jebel ali and palm deira.
Wii-volution 2010
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Third O etisalat tower in Dubai deira, UAE, November 2007 etisalat tower in Dubai deira, UAE, November 2007
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The soft goods in demand in the Brasils, and in the island of Ma - deira, and which this country has for - time immemoral sent to Lisbon, from whence it was shipped for Ame - rica, are
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'The chief produce of the island is the grape, from Ma deira -. which are made, annually, upon an average, nearly twenty-five thousand pipes of wine of one hundred and twenty gallons each; half of which is exported to England, North America, and the East and West Indies; the remainder is consumed by the natives, in its original state, or in that of spirit distilled from it.
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The Portugueze coafted along great part of Africa, and took the ifland of Ma - deira, with thofe of Cape de Verde,
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After the damp warmth of M.deira the still and windless air felt dry, but not too dry; cold, but not too cold; decidedly fresh in early morning, and never warm except at 3 P.M. The sun was pale and shorn, as in England, seldom showing a fiery face before 10 A.M. or after 5 P.M. The sea at night appeared slightly milky, like the white waters so often seen off the western coast of India.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
madmouth commented on the word deira
an ancient English kingdom.
May 4, 2009