Sacred Nine
Americannoun
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But of late another of the sacred nine appears to have aroused herself out of her lethargy and to have awakened to a fuller realization of her opportunity.
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As Helen stepped out, she perceived that the party who had preceded her were entering by the window of the library, and she quickly followed them, thinking it probable that Fanny might be startled and vexed at this unexpected interruption, when, as was very likely, she might be in the very act of invoking the "sacred nine."
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All knowledge and art inspired by the sacred Nine, they named music.
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There were blushes, smiles, and sparkling eyes from the "sacred nine."
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She destroyed six of the sacred nine.
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