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Updated: August 8, 2026

"A boon´, a boon´, quoth Earl´ Mar-shal´, And fell´ on his bend´-ded knee´, That what´-so-e'er´ the queen´ shall say´, No harm´ there-of´ may be´."

Thomas Hardy - The Return of the Native

I found the Otard, and drank there-of; finding it, moreover, most pleasant to the palate, and right cheering to the soul. My next impulse was to share my prize with my shipmates. But here a judicious reflection obtruded.

Herman Melville - Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I

"A boon', a boon', quoth Earl' Mar-shal', And fell' on his bend'-ded knee', That what'-so-e'er' the queen' shall say', No harm' there-of' may be'."

Thomas Hardy - The Return of the Native