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"Refrain" -- does this not give you in one word the whole secret of what would have been a study in character and emotion obviously to the taste of the writer?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917 Various
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Villanelle with a Refrain from the Wall Street Journal
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Villanelle with a Refrain from the Wall Street Journal
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Villanelle with a Refrain from the Wall Street Journal - Magazine - The Atlantic
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Villanelle with a Refrain from the Wall Street Journal - Magazine - The Atlantic
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He also won the first Eurovision song contest in 1956 with the song "Refrain", co-written with Emile Gardaz.
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"Refrain," I cried, "from such words, even from such thoughts; for otherwise you and your mistresses will be lost." -- "
Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1790
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It's just the latest act in the vaudeville that is the political process, after the Bachmann Spurt, the Newt Scoot, the Cain Refrain any spinmeisters who would like to hire me may contact me here.
Steven Weber: GOP-za-Poppin'! Steven Weber 2012
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Mr. Gorlizki also teamed up with master miniature painters in Jaipur, India, to create his latest series of otherworldly drawings, including "A Time to Refrain," which—despite its title—sold to an American collector for $6,000.
At Armory, Fast Food, 3-D And Some New Big Guns Kelly Crow 2011
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"Refrain from" orders direct a person to behave in a certain way.
Liz Mandarano: The Worst Thing A Woman Can Do In Divorce Proceedings - The Abuse Of Orders of Protection Liz Mandarano 2011
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