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So it was not often that the ousel and the glacier saw each other between October and June.
From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Austin, Mary Hunter
II. ii.The ousel cock so black of hue, MND.
From The Facts About Shakespeare by Nielson, William Allan
So they journeyed until they came to the nest of an ousel, and Gwrhyr spoke to her.
From The Lilac Fairy Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
But because they had been friends, the ousel could not keep quite away from the place, but came again and again and flew chirruping around the foot of the hill.
From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Austin, Mary Hunter
After this there is a break till Bottom's song: "The ousel cock, so black of hue," etc.
From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown
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