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The stars proceeded in their courses, Nature with her subversive forces, Time, too, the iron-toothed and sinewed; And the edacious years continued.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson
These words Hyndford listened to with an edacious solid countenance, and greedily took them down.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Thomas Carlyle
Occasionally the road must be set back, and once the lighthouse was moved back from the cliffs, eaten away by the edacious tooth of the sea.
From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren
Augustus, the physically strong, is no more; transcendent king of edacious flunkies, father of 354 children, but not without fine qualities; and Poland has to find a new king.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Personages of it, Two British subjects in the high Diplomatic line: ponderous Scotch Lord of an edacious gloomy countenance; florid Yorkshire Gentleman with important Proposals in his pocket.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Thomas Carlyle
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