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Afar from earth's turmoil and grief, and all of sick'ning woes;
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828 Various
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Florence gave no sign other than to increase the volume of her voice as she sang: "Perf'ly sick'ning, clef 'for me, let me _perf'_ly sick-kin-_ning_!"
Gentle Julia Booth Tarkington 1907
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Oft when the mind, with sick'ning pangs oppress'd,
Ainsi va le Monde 1806
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Oft when the mind, with sick'ning pangs oppress'd,
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That made the once-dear friend the sick'ning slave.
Tales George Crabbe 1793
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That made the once-dear friend the sick'ning slave.
Tales George Crabbe 1793
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That made the once-dear friend the sick'ning slave.
Tales George Crabbe 1793
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OFT when the mind, with sick'ning pangs oppress'd,
Ainsi va le Monde 1790
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The sick'ning stars fade off th 'ethereal plain; 10
The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems Alexander Pope 1716
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And Commerce sickens with the sick'ning State; mhs A fragment, giving also a list of "The Seventeen Proselytes to his E [xcellenc] y's Doctrinal Faith of Submission!" — the Rescinders.
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