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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

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forefathers

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /ˈfɔːˌfɑːðəz/Used In Literature ↓

Ancestor.Wp

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. forefathersforefathers whoseforefathers own
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Poetry examples for forefathers

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graces. The greatest pleasure of an audience is a chase of wit kept up

on both sides, and swiitly managed : And this our forefathers (if not we)

have had in Fletcher's plays, to a much higher degree of perfection than

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