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Jupiter and Venus, in Leo ... a Happy Prelude to a Propitious Peace; a
Letter 61 2009
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Daughter of Ceres, Trivia hear, Propitious regent of each public way
Ion 2008
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Daughter of Ceres, Trivia hear, Propitious regent of each public way
Ion 2008
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She went on: Propitious to me be your silence, Mr. Lovelace! —
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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The three instances which serve us here I class together as Propitious or Benevolent
The New Organon 2005
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I embrace the lucky Thought, and hope if it be followed, it may be for ever Propitious to this poor Kingdom.
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Propitious Neptune steerd their course by night30
The Seventh Book of the Aeneis Vergil 1909
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'The Propitious,' is held to have succeeded to the Vedic god Rudra, apparently a storm-god.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Propitious circumstances unexpectedly served his end.
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Why did not I avail myself of the many Propitious Moments that offered, and demand the Hand of that most respectable Dutch Dame.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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