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For no figure had risen, had repassed across the unshuttered space.

From The Dweller on the Threshold by Hichens, Robert Smythe

At twenty minutes past one we had repassed the graceful Jardin des Quinconces, with the weeping willows overhanging the lakelet, and were within the cool precincts of the hotel.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

The cheering sound told them that the ships had repassed the town safely; while the French naturally concluded, that from the ships a descent was about to be attempted.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

The Scottish army had been paid off, and had repassed the border; the Scottish commissioners and preachers had left London.

From Milton by Pattison, Mark

They had some trouble in inducing their followers to quit the promised shelter, but both felt easier when they had repassed the stockade gate.

From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold