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  • All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars brought nothing about; Thy lovers were all untrue. 'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new.

    -John Dryden
      The Secular Masque, l.92^7.

  • Man is the hunter; woman is his game: The sleek and shining creatures of the chase, We hunt them for the beauty of their skins; They love us for it, and we ride them down.

    -Tennyson
      The Princess, pt.5, l.147^50.

  • He found that a fork in his inexperienced hand was an instrument of chase rather than capture.

    - H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells
      Kipps, bk.2, ch.7.

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