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  • O witness CD-Romeo, all his customary bardic bravado drain'd, warbling with his buddies, yet lacking all mirth!

    Shakespeare, Texted Anne Johnson 2008

  • O witness CD-Romeo, all his customary bardic bravado drain'd, warbling with his buddies, yet lacking all mirth!

    Archive 2008-05-01 Anne Johnson 2008

  •             With her, a bride, I drain'd many a prodigal oil.

    Poems and Fragments 2006

  •             With her, a bride, I drain'd many a prodigal oil.

    Poems and Fragments 2006

  • When hours have drain'd his blood and fill'd his brow

    Sonnets Cited in _The Last Man_ 2002

  • Till all the dregs are drain'd, and all the rust expires.

    The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • And swathed the hurt that drain'd her dear lord's life.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • Of their strong bodies, flowing, drain'd their force.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • Till all the dregs are drain'd, and all the rust expires.

    Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson

  • Sieve 'till they are well drain'd, and have ready a very thick Syrup of clarify'd Sugar; put them into as much as will cover them, then boil them' till they are very clear, and the next Day scald them; and if you see they want Syrup, put in a Pint more, but let it be very thick: Scald them twice more, then lay them out on Earthen

    Mrs. Mary Eales's receipts. (1733) Mary Eales

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