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"Spate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the trail left the valley and circled up a small hill behind the mining camp. The storm, following the draw as if it were a funnel, rushed roaring on its way, while the riders gaining the higher ground were somewhat beyond its reach, and, turning, saw it sweeping below like a torrent in full spate. ...
— Glen of the High North • H. A. Cody
... short time waked and sat up, as has long been my custom; when I felt a confusion in my head which lasted, I suppose, about half a minute; I was alarmed, and prayed God that however much He might afflict my body He would spate my understanding.... Soon after I perceived that I had suffered a paralytic stroke, and that my speech was taken from me. I had no pain, and so little dejection in this dreadful state that I wondered at my own ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4 • Charles Dudley Warner |
Words linked to "Spate" : raft, flood, large indefinite amount, upsurge, surge, pile, mass, tidy sum, haymow, freshet, peck, batch, mickle, deluge, debris surge, quite a little, flow, rush, hatful, flock, wad, mess, stack, onrush, sight, torrent, deal, slew, muckle |
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