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Meer_ -- it should be rendered, therefore, not by "Save what a distant torrent gave," but by some sounds which shall necessarily excite the idea of being _hell-sprung_ -- the sound of simmering seas of fire -- pinings of goblins damned -- or some analogous noise.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) 1824
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