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Nay, you will class in the same category of sorcerers seamews, dolphins, and the lobster; gourmands also, who sink whole fortunes in the sums they pay to fishermen; and fishermen themselves, who by their art capture all manner of fish.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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Nay, you will class in the same category of sorcerers seamews, dolphins, and the lobster; gourmands also, who sink whole fortunes in the sums they pay to fishermen; and fishermen themselves, who by their art capture all manner of fish.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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There were wild ducks in thousands; snipe, larks, rooks, and swallows; a countless variety of sea-birds — widgeons, gulls, and seamews; beside a quantity of game — quails, partridges, and woodcocks.
Off on a Comet 2003
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Pick out words and passages that convey this as: "screaming seamews,"
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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From crag and cliff the clamorous seamews screamed,
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) Various
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The seamews floated on the water; the white dove strutted on the ledge; only the nightingales sang on in the thick arbours.
Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance Walter De la Mare 1914
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Nay, you will class in the same category of sorcerers seamews, dolphins, and the lobster;
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914
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Then the Wanderer himself waited no longer, seeing them all amazed, but he drew his sword and leaped down among them with a cry like a sea-eagle swooping on seamews in the crevice of a rock.
The World's Desire Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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There were wild ducks in thousands; snipe, larks, rooks, and swallows; a countless variety of sea-birds -- widgeons, gulls, and seamews; beside a quantity of game -- quails, partridges, and woodcocks.
Off on a Comet 1877
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Winds that seamews breast subdue the sea, and bid the dreary
Poems and Ballads (Third Series) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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