Example Sentences

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Among both the nobles and the fathers were some examples of heroism, sacrifice, and learning, but their deeds and virtues may sleep unwaked by me.

From Heart of Man by Woodberry, George Edward

Knightly blood, customs, and manners linger yet in the "dolce far niente" of this unwaked paradise of the Occident.

From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Savage, Richard

Unchilled by the rain, and unwaked by the wind,   The lily lies sleeping thro' winter's cold hour, Till Spring's light touch her fetters unbind,   And daylight and liberty bless the young flower.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

And I saw the free souls of poets, The loftiest bards of all ages strode before me Strange large men, long unwaked, undisclosed, were disclosed to me ...

From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley

We had left his body unwaked and unburied in Circe's house, for we had had too much else to do.

From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Butler, Samuel