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Examples

  • In this grove, which I call Placid Grove, is contained all that I want; and it is so well secured from any invaders, by the thick briars and thorns which surround it, having no entrance but through that tender jessamine, that I live in no apprehensions of any disturbance, though so near my sister's castle.

    The Governess; or, Little Female Academy Sarah Fielding 1739

  • Eldorado was this that was called Placid Pond, and was full of mysteries?

    Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell

  • "A place called Placid Pond," answered the girl, smiling back.

    Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell

  • Eldorado was this that was called Placid Pond, and was full of mysteries?

    Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell

  • Come by way of the X. & Y. R.R. to a place called Placid

    Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell

  • Come by way of the X. & Y. R.R. to a place called Placid

    Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell

  • Eldorado was this that was called Placid Pond, and was full of mysteries?

    Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell

  • "A place called Placid Pond," answered the girl, smiling back.

    Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell

  • "A place called Placid Pond," answered the girl, smiling back.

    Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell

  • Come by way of the X. & Y. R.R. to a place called Placid

    Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell

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