It was not dull, riding for hours without surcease. From Wordnik.com. [Phaze Doubt]
I had never found surcease from my own nature before. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
Long ago she was forgotten, and at last surcease had come. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
The cut beneath was not deep, yet it stung without surcease. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
Drink brought surcease, made sense of conflict, for the moment. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Byrne: A Review of Furious Love by Sam Kashner and Nancy Shoenberg] Reference
From my books surcease of sorrow -- sorrow for the lost Lenore. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
From my books surcease of sorrow, -- sorrow for the lost Lenore. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference
She wanted surcease and only forgetfulness would bring it to her. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
From my books surcease of sorrow -- sorrow for the lost Lenore, 10. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from Poe] Reference
From my books surcease of sorrow -- sorrow for the lost Lenore. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics] Reference
To come to terms with his grief, he wants a surcease, a time alone. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
From my books, surcease of sorrow, -- sorrow for the lost Lenore. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers] Reference
Finally, surcease from Joe McCarthy's America into which I was born. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Gordon: An End to Childish*] Reference
Three hots and a cot and the hope of some surcease, you know?. From Wordnik.com. [A Look In the Mirror] Reference
I myself welcomed such backbreaking labor as a surcease from my fears. From Wordnik.com. [The High Crusade]
She devoutly wished that shell-people were allowed the surcease of sleep. From Wordnik.com. [the ship who sang]
Is not the life of man upon the earth an ordeal, and that without surcease?. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler] Reference
The locals will leave him alone, but the paparazzi will swarm without surcease. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Conniff: Con Games: Aspen Jail Just a Stage for Charlie Sheen] Reference
Sir Isaac Newton called this sudden termination of motion the stooge's surcease. From Wordnik.com. [Sunlight Through The Shadows Magazine Volume 1 Issue 5 (ANSI Edition)] Reference
The surcease of the strife is recorded in the fourteenth book, entitled "Conclusion.". From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850] Reference
Themes for parody become exhausted, and, without long surcease, would not bear repetition. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
I do have the occasional surcease, I must admit, but happiness to me always seems to fleeting. From Wordnik.com. [phluid61 Diary Entry] Reference
The second day of the storm passed as did the first, except that evening brought a surcease of rain. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
A couple of crude wooden benches knocked together by the Park Service offered surcease to tired travelers. From Wordnik.com. [Jed the Dead]
The discomfort of Anskiere's summons permitted him no surcease, even at sundown when other men sought rest. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
Her loss of Francois was so gripping that in her pain she only sought surcease: to sleep, to weep, to remember. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
That gave him great comfort; to know that he had the power to bring about his own delivery and surcease of his pain. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
In return for this largesse of surcease, Flinx knew he was expected to talk, or at least to make casual conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
'You can of course view entertainments again and again without surcease on TelEntertainment disks of storage and retrieval.'. From Wordnik.com. [Simulmedia: Our Allegiance to the Vapid Ditty of Broadcast Television - Jeff Storan - MediaBizBloggers] Reference
Whether querulous or imperious, attentive or overbearing, warm or waspish, surcease or succubus, she is as central as the sun. From Wordnik.com. [A New Roof On An Old House] Reference
To the farmer, it brought surcease of toil, -- to the scholar, that sweet delirium of the brain which changes toil to pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Graded Poetry: Seventh Year] Reference
I see The Raven circling Waldenbooks now and tapping, tapping, "From my books surcease of sorrow -- Nameless here for evermore.". From Wordnik.com. [Trashgate: Borders Dumping Books, Stop the Waste] Reference
I had not recognized that it was toiling with the hands that would bring a surcease to the beating of queries at my bewildered brain. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
They offered me a steady compensation sufficient to mean surcease from worry and an opportunity to take a little care of you at last. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
But the moment of surcease is at hand for him, that point in time when he can relax because his destiny is now with others to determine. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Schwartz: Low-Down, Dirt-Poor, Hands-to-Heaven College Application Parental Blues] Reference
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