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Aliena...spied where the hare was by the hounds, and could see day at a little hole.

— Thomas Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues' Golden Legacy (1590)

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Source: Rosalynde Passionate Alone
Work: Rosalynde: Euphues' Golden Legacy, 1590
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