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Examples
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Shall with rev'rence be strew'd o'er the tombs of the brave.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Yet still he felt a rev'rence as he read the Bible o'er,
The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Kate Sanborn 1878
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With more than rev'rence gazed the Maid of France,
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Love prompts to love, and rev'rence rev'rence gains.
The Rambler, sections 1-54 (1750); from The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen Volumes, Volume I 1750
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Gave terrors to the Ood» and rev'rence to the When the Almightjr did on Horeb ftand,,
Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of ... 1791
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Whom youth might rev'rence and grey hairs approve;
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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Pantheon, let me fpeak With rev'rence, tho 'in numbers weak;
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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With foleran rev'rence Jofeph ap-# proach'd the tomb, and bending over it, exclaim'd, O venerable relics! pre - cious remains!
The life of Jacob 1785
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Now holy Anselm urg'd her to veilrain Her bonndleJs grief in rev'rence of the fane:
The Funeral of Arabert, Monk of La Trappe: A Poem Edward 1771
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But fuch a rife, as doth at once invite A pteafure, and a rev'rence from the fight.
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