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The selected word "by" appears 62 times in the following 24 texts (sorted by results):

  1. Agrippina, a Tragedy  (8 results)
          100    And Sylla has his friends, though schooled by fear
          110    Under the warlike Corbulo, by [me]
          111    Marked for their leader: these, by ties confirmed
          117    And mother of their Caesars. Ha! by Juno,
          131    Stung by a senseless word, a vain tradition,
          141    Roused by the shout of millions: there before
          175    Accept my vengeance. Though by me ye bled,
          191    By the young Trojan to his gilded bark

  2. [The Alliance of Education and Government. A Fragment]  (6 results)
            10    Unformed, unfriended, by those kindly cares
            35    By fraud elude, by force repel the foe;
            38    Say then, through ages by what fate confined
            75    By Reason's light on Resolution's wings,
            95    They guard with spirit what by strength they gained;

  3. [Translation from Dante, Inferno Canto xxxiii 1-78]  (6 results)
            12    Won by thy tongue, declares thee. Know, thou see'st
            17    By trusting, and by treachery slain, it recks not
            30    Of Lucca, chased by hell-hounds gaunt and bloody
            34    Amain, my deadly foes, headed by this
            76    Died one by one. I saw 'em fall; I heard

  4. The Bard. A Pindaric Ode  (5 results)
              3    'Though fanned by Conquest's crimson wing
            38    'The famished eagle screams, and passes by.
            80    "Close by the regal chair
          127    'And truth severe, by fairy fiction dressed.
          136    'Raised by thy breath, has quenched the orb of day?

  5. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard  (4 results)
            81    Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse,
            95    If chance, by lonely Contemplation led,
          104    'And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
          105    'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn,

  6. [Translation from Statius, Thebaid VI 646-88, 704-24]  (4 results)
            14    By acclamations roused, came towering on.
            54    The sun's pale sister, drawn by magic strain,
            63    By Phlegyas warned and fired by Mnestheus' fate,

  7. The Descent of Odin. An Ode  (3 results)
            18    By the moss-grown pile he sate,
            62    By whom shall Hoder's blood be spilt.
            64    By Odin's fierce embrace compressed,

  8. [Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude]  (3 results)
            20    The herd stood drooping by:
            38    Chastised by sabler tints of woe;
            58    Softly rolling side by side,

  9. On L[or]d H[olland']s Seat near M[argat]e, K[en]t  (3 results)
              1    Old and abandoned by each venal friend,
            21    Purged by the sword and beautified by fire,

  10. Imitated from Propertius, Lib: 3: Eleg: 5:  (2 results)
              7    Fast by the umbrageous vale lulled to repose,
              9    Or roused by sprightly sounds from out the trance,

  11. A Long Story  (2 results)
            42    (By this time all the parish know it)
            50    Swore by her coronet and ermine,

  12. Ode on the Spring  (2 results)
            38    Brushed by the hand of rough Mischance,
            39    Or chilled by age, their airy dance

  13. Ode to Adversity  (2 results)
            23    By vain Prosperity received,
            37    (As by the impious thou art seen)

  14. William Shakespeare to Mrs Anne, Regular Servant to the Revd Mr Precentor of York  (2 results)
            12    By residence, by marriage, and sore eyes?

  15. [The Death of Hoel]  (1 result)
              6    By them my friend, my Hoel, died,

  16. [Lines Spoken by the Ghost of John Dennis at the Devil Tavern]  (1 result)
            29    Frequented by the ghosts of ancient maids,

  17. Ode for Music  (1 result)
            34    'With Freedom by my side, and soft-eyed Melancholy.'

  18. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College  (1 result)
            41    Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed,

  19. Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes  (1 result)
            28    (Malignant Fate sat by, and smiled)

  20. Satire on the Heads of Houses; or, Never a Barrel the Better Herring  (1 result)
            24    By the rest is enticed;

  21. Song I  (1 result)
              6    Sounds that steal from my tongue, by no meaning connected!

  22. Stanzas to Mr Bentley  (1 result)
              6        Fixed by his touch a lasting essence take;

  23. [Translation] From Tasso [Gerusalemme Liberata] Canto 14, Stanza 32-9.  (1 result)
            47    As when athwart the dusky woods by night

  24. The Triumphs of Owen. A Fragment  (1 result)
            12    Side by side as proudly riding,

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