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There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time.
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) -- Battle of the Baltic...
There was something about her I liked, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
There webs were spread of more than common size, And half-starved spiders prey'd on half-starved flies.
-- Charles Churchill (1731-1764), The Prophecy of Famine, Line 327...
There were Arabs with knives at the foot of the bed.
There were bells, but I never heard them.
There were but little work left for preaching, if law and compulsion should grow so fast upon those things which hithertofore were governed only by exhortation.
-- John Milto...
There were but two families in the world, Have-much and Have-little.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part ii, Book iii, Chap. xx...
There were computers in Biblical times. Adam had a Wang. Eve had an Apple.
There were few things more useless than a unloaded pistol -- 'Without Remorse' by Tom Clancy
There were giants in the earth in those days. -- Old Testament -- Genesis vi, 4

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