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"Behold," they exclaim, "Great Britain, which, thanks to its surrounding seas, has escaped most of the epizootics which have desolated France and Germany during the early part of the nineteenth century."

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

I need not tell you, sir, that this griping want, this dismal poverty, this additional woe, must be put to the accursed stocks, which have desolated our country more effectually than England.

From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by Daly, J. Bowles (John Bowles)

The outer slopes of the mountain afforded then a remarkably fertile soil; some traces, indeed, of the fertility have withstood the modern eruptions which have desolated its flanks.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

"Pestilence, war and the evil devices of men have desolated me," she said coldly.

From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Leyendecker, Frank X.

They have desolated no country—produced no tears but to wipe them away—and broken no hearts but to heal them.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)