ceased

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Ceased steaming for a brief space, but, as we made no progress, resumed after twenty minutes' pause.

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)

Ceased to snow at last; to-day it is quite pleasant.

From History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra by McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette)

Ceased is the chant of duty, forgotten the sacrifice of love!

From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker

They, turning, faced the Greeks; the Greeks repulsed, Ceased from all carnage, nor supposed they less130 Than that some Deity, the starry skies Forsaken, help'd their foes, so firm they stood.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Ceased is the noise, the jarring strife, For now how humble is the wife!

From Stories for the Young Or, Cheap Repository Tracts: Entertaining, Moral, and Religious. Vol. VI. by More, Hannah