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Rejoiced famed onetime Belgian Premier Henri Jaspar: "We are not anybody's satellite, we are not anybody's brilliant second and we do not intend to participate in any crusade either against Communist or against Fascism!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Sumantra, borne by coursers fleet, Flashing a radiance o'er the street, To Ráma's palace flew, And all who lined the royal road, Or thronged the prince's rich abode, Rejoiced as near he drew.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Rejoiced at the prospect of food, forty men were sent to reconnoitre.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
Rejoiced at this token of his pain she ran off to the park, now soggy from the autumn rains, and sauntered about, marvelling from time to time that renunciation was so easy.
From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann
Rejoiced to purchase his safety so easily, the mandarin not only gave the order, but also promised to see that Hoang's property was restored to him within a few days.
From The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China by Dalton, William
