paraphrased

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Paraphrased and versified, some of Hardwick’s letters, along with her spoken words from that supposedly merry phone call of June 25, 1970, would find their way into the book, without her permission.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

Paraphrased, the song may mean: The sea has encroached upon the shore of Puna and Hilo so that the hala trees stand out in the water; still they stand firm in spite of the flood.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

Paraphrased from the vernacular by Anastacia Villegas of Arayat, Pampanga.

From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill

Paraphrased by Johnson in The Vanity of Human Wishes, at the lines beginning:— 'Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions and a will resigned.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by Boswell, James

Paraphrased by Johnson in his London, 'Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman