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  • But (continued he) to pursue the little History I am about to give you, this unhappy Gentleman, who seemed in Agonies such as seizes on the Body when the Soul is departing from it, no sooner cast his Eyes upon me, than he cry'd out, O Don Myrtano, you come in happy Time to revenge my Death! —

    Idalia, or, The Unfortunate Mistress: A Novel 1725

  • Sayak's series of prints, titled Agonies of The Time, deals with the basic emotion of pain.

    The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage 2010

  • Taken from the Sorceri Queen of Agonies and replicated for our purposes.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • Taken from the Sorceri Queen of Agonies and replicated for our purposes.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • Irish Agonies As Lloyds has tried to establish exactly what it acquired with its purchase of HBoS, it has become apparent that the bank had believed the Irish fairy tale as wholeheartedly as any five year old might believe in leprechauns.

    Lloyds Can Expect Foreign Adventures Patience Wheatcroft 2010

  • In the staid, colonial art world of Cape Town, the vitality and exuberance of her work shocked and outraged critics and audiences, eliciting abusive descriptions such as “Agonies in Oils”, “Lunatic inspirations” and “Insults to human intelligence” and even a police investigation into complaints of public indecency!

    Irma Stern. 2009

  • Agonies, that between 'em, they acted a miserable Scene of Horror.

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • The Woman in her first Agonies appear'd strenuously against him, but being

    The Lipstick Coffeehouse. Ann Althouse 2008

  • The Woman in her first Agonies appear'd strenuously against him, but being Recovered by the Time of the Trial, was so generous as to forgive him, and plead for his Pardon, as above.

    "The Intent was to paint a Picture of Mrs. Palin in the Mind of the Audience as a Sow. Such a crude Jape..." Ann Althouse 2008

  • Agonies, that between 'em, they acted a miserable Scene of Horror.

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

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