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  • At the close, the assorted couples are caught on the summit of an exceeding high mountain by a snowstorm, which opens to show Rubek and Irene "whirled along with the masses of snow, and buried in them," while Maia and her bear-hunter escape in safety to the plains.

    Henrik Ibsen 2008

  • At that time even a dirty bear-hunter might venture to come near you.

    When We Dead Awaken 2008

  • At that time even a dirty bear-hunter might venture to come near you.

    When We Dead Awaken 2008

  • Ah! There is little Maia, going out with the bear-hunter.

    When We Dead Awaken 2008

  • Ah! There is little Maia, going out with the bear-hunter.

    When We Dead Awaken 2008

  • At the close, the assorted couples are caught on the summit of an exceeding high mountain by a snowstorm, which opens to show Rubek and Irene "whirled along with the masses of snow, and buried in them," while Maia and her bear-hunter escape in safety to the plains.

    Henrik Ibsen 2008

  • The next day another hunting party was set on foot, under the direction of the clerk of the parish, who was a celebrated bear-hunter.

    Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

  • The next day another hunting party was set on foot, under the direction of the clerk of the parish, who was a celebrated bear-hunter.

    Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

  • There was tall Proffit, the sharp-shooter, from North Carolinasinewy, saturnine, fearless; Smith, the bear-hunter from Wyoming, and McCann, the Arizona book-keeper, who had begun life as a buffalo-hunter.

    The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

  • It would also divert the attack from the helpless boy to one who was at least better armed, even though not professing to be a bear-hunter.

    The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain James Carson

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