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The rest he had interspersed between the centre and the wing, and he had a hundred and ten complete cohorts; these amounted to forty-five thousand men.

From "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Caesar, Julius

These fragments of poetical prose which Manisty had interspersed amid a serious political argument—were they really an adornment of the book, or a blur upon it?

From Eleanor by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

He had interspersed encomiums upon his own sovereign, the 'temperate, revengeless, liberal, wise, and just,' though 'he may err.'

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

By a very skillful arrangement they had interspersed groups of children, that with happy effect broke the monotony of the procession.

From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

He was tempted to go away and leave the gentle lady in peace, with her basket of roots, and the fragrant flowers with which she had interspersed them.

From Silent Struggles by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)