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Now this News, with the great danger the Gentleman was in, rous'd his
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Now this News, with the great danger the Gentleman was in, rous'd his
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Set them afield; for Troy rous'd them, a cry not of home, 90
The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus
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And the hearts by wrongs rous'd, that no fear could assuage,
Poetic Sketches Thomas Gent
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He rous'd himselfe full blyth, and hastned them untill.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, July 2, 1892 Various
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Had rous'd the neighing steeds to scour the fields,
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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The dear frenzy in both is first rous'd by fair looks, --
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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And generous hearts have rous'd them at the sound.
The Ghost of Chatham; A Vision Dedicated to the House of Peers Anonymous
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Then I heard the noise of shouting, far away: and a long while after that, was rous'd by the touch of a hand, thrust in against my naked breast, over my heart.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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-- Dilapidated, fenceless, and trodden with war as Virginia is, wherever I move across her surface, I find myself rous'd to surprise and admiration.
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