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Befell a morning when Old Shep didn't appear, and Chauncey found him stretched out stiff half-way down the side hill.

From Here Lies by Guernsey, H.W.

The strangest of adventures, That happen by the sea, Befell to Lord Arnaldos On the Evening of St. John; For he was out a hunting - A huntsman bold was he!

From Forty-Two Poems by Flecker, James Elroy

Oh God, how easy was it then!—See what Befell!

From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various

Befell erelong that the laggards in war the wood had left, trothbreakers, cowards, ten together, fearing before to flourish a spear in the sore distress of their sovran lord.

From Beowulf by Gummere, Francis Barton

What Befell the Man in the Brig  XXIV.

From The Submarine Boys and the Middies The Prize Detail at Annapolis by Durham, Victor G.