plains
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The poems are not arranged chronologically, but are classified as Songs, Romances, Sirventés, Reveries, Plaints, Sonnets, Nuptial Songs, etc.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred
Plaints made in common are almost prayers, and prayers where two or three are gathered together invoke the mercy of heaven.
From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre
Plaints of supplication are heard through the door of a chamber in which Prelati has been evoking the Devil.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
Plaints, also, about liberty of association tampered with—Miranda was a veritable garden for such flowers.
From The Furnace by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
Plaints had to be sent in to him in writing, and he sent back the sentence.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
