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to Occurrences 90%

"Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love, May to my revenge."

in Occurrences 67%

It was the month of May in the year of our Lord 1777, when we of Cherry Valley, in the Province of New York, learned that this same Thayendanega, a pure-blooded Mohawk Indian, whose father was chief of the Onondaga nation, had come into the Mohawk Valley from Canada with a large force of Indians, who, under the wicked tutoring of Sir John Johnson, were ripe for mischief.

of Occurrences 50%

But firstgo forth with the sun and question all ye may of Ivo and his doingswhere he doth lie, and where his forces musterhear all ye can and bring me word, for methinks we shall be busy again anon!"

with Occurrences 24%

"Daughter," he said, "it appears to me that the time has now arrived when thou mayest with propriety present a petition to the Emperor on behalf of thy unfortunate father.

at Occurrences 20%

Meanwhile Carleton and Washington had exchanged the usual compliments on the conclusion of peace and had met each other on the 6th of May at Tappan, where they discussed the exchange of prisoners.

for Occurrences 19%

No European had hitherto been along this route, and thinking some information might be collected, and notes on the geography of the route taken, I agreed, though affecting disgust, and started on the 13th of May for Shali.

by Occurrences 8%

It would be a pity to spoil May by bringing September into it.

until Occurrences 7%

The foot-hill region is about as dry and sunful, from the end of May until the setting in of the winter rains, as the plain.

From Occurrences 5%

But you, good Hubert, go before, Fill me a goblet of May-drink, As aromatic as the May From which it steals the breath away, And which he loved so well of yore; It is of him that I would think You shall attend me, when I call,

before Occurrences 4%

There are trees and slopes of green-sward elsewhere, and shrubbery begins to blossom in these bright days of May before a thousand pretty homes.

on Occurrences 3%

They may be grown from seed sown between February and May on any ordinary soil.

through Occurrences 3%

" Robin Hood is, moreover, intimately associated with the month of May through the games which were celebrated at that time of the year.

near Occurrences 2%

They met on the 24th of May near the abbey of Heiligerlee, which gave its name to the battle; and after a short contest the royalists were defeated with great loss.

within Occurrences 1%

Although the long thaw did so much for them, the reader is not to regard it as such a spell of warm weather as one enjoys in May within the temperate zone.

after Occurrences 1%

The power of Congress to fix by law a day for the regular annual meeting of Congress is undoubted, but the concluding part of this act, which is intended to fix the adjournment of every succeeding Congress to the second Monday in May after the commencement of the first session, does not appear to me in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the United States.

among Occurrences 1%

Having distributed the stores which had been left here in May among the several pack-horses, at 7.15 a.m. resumed our route up the river, and crossed to the right bank two miles above the creek we intended to ascend, and camped at 11.0.

as Occurrences 1%

Madame d'Azay, being of the court party, held widely differing views from those of her nephew, and was out of all conceit with this political ferment, while as for Adrienne, she looked upon the opening of the States-General and the grand reception of the King on the 2d of May as splendid pageants merely, to which she would be glad to lend her presence and the lustre of her beauty.

behind Occurrences 1%

We set sail in a few days with a fair wind down the Frith, and soon left the Bass and the May behind us.

under Occurrences 1%

Besides this first fleet of seventeen sail, a smaller squadron of five ships remained in preparation at Lisbon, which sailed on the 5th of May under the command of Stephen de la Gama.

up Occurrences 1%

He came thundering down, half London weltering behind him, across the Weald, and Henry, wheeling to meet him, came upon the 12th of May up the vale of Glynde and occupied Lewes.

waltzfor Occurrences 1%

Miss Jones, the Moorfields milliner, With Toilinet, the draper, May waltzfor none are willinger To cut cloth or a caper.

about Occurrences 1%

The Gonfalonier was in correspondence with the Marquis of Carrara on the 10th of May about a block of marble for this giant; but Michelangelo at that time had returned to Rome, and of the Cacus we shall hear more hereafter.

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