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Had she not, her blood would have crimsoned the great altar of Diana—she would have laid down her life for her goddess!

From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Short, Richard

He would have crimsoned to the eyes, no doubt, and fled from the virago.

From Way of the Lawless by Brand, Max

Lucetta's face, which should have crimsoned with mortification, turned most unaccountably pale.

From Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth by Green, Anna Katharine