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Since then, however, the very "ruines" have vanished; the palms have had time to grow; and modern Cairo has doubtless absorbed all the building material that remained from the middle ages.
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Being brought up in an overly-wealthy environment ruines the values of children, I am utterly convinced of that.
Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy is reason enough to applaud him | Arianna Huffington 2010
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We knew all the ruines of this old feudal keep, proudly standing on high above Rochefort-en-Terre.
Sorcery in Brittany Christopher 2007
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We knew all the ruines of this old feudal keep, proudly standing on high above Rochefort-en-Terre.
Archive 2007-07-01 Christopher 2007
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Mais j'aurais quand meme bien ete au ruines galo-romaine MOI!! meme si j'avais quand meme super mal aux pieds et aux genoux!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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And suddenly a great number of the Turkes skipping vpon the ruines thereof, displayed their Ensignes, euen to the toppe of the same.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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This so amazed our men that stood in the breach, not knowing from whence that terror came, as they forsooke their Commanders, and left them among the ruines of the mine.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Some halfe mile vp toward the mountaine be certaine ruines of buildings, with marble pillars, remaining: heere for three dayes we were kindly entertained of the Captaine of the castle: and in a small barke we sailed from hence along the shore to Tripoli, and so to Alexandretta, where the 24 of August we arriued.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The other townes haue nothing that is greatly memorable, saue many ruines within their wals.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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There are yet to be perceiued of the ruine of those wals, which do now extend, into the sea about halfe a mile: also from the castle Westward into the land, they did perceiue the ruines of a stone wall to extend, which wal, as it is reported, did passe from thence to Pontus Euxinus, and was built by Alexander the great when the Castle Derbent was made.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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