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From these seeds in springtime, as out of the ashes of the phenix, will come forth living things, stalks bearing fruits, "earth's treasures."

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

I already feel as though I were nine-tenths of the way to the abode of the phenix.

From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Roberts, Morley

Here it is: “In the sky the phenix proudly flies, On the earth the lambkin tamely lies, At the table through an ancient book I wade, In the room I softly call the maid.”

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard

As the message reached the president it read: "Consinor westcote tag company tag sis in it oisin phenix phin sulfur uin armordale."

From Mike Flannery On Duty and Off by Butler, Ellis Parker

The story of the phenix rising from its own ashes with a twinkling star upon its head, seems to have been an antient hieroglyphic emblem of the destruction and resuscitation of all things.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus