antre

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Aquila se souvint qu'il avait p�n�tr� Dans un antre sauvage et de tous ignor�, Grotte creus�e aux flancs de ces Alpes sublimes, Ou l'aigle fait son aire au-dessus des ab�mes.

From The Paris Sketch Book by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Seeing him as she did, she turned from him and shunned his house as the antre of an ogre.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

He had a sweet hover, both for rest and recreation, under the bank, in a placid antre, where the water made no noise, but tickled his belly in digestive ease.

From Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

The Maroccan, the Necromancer, followed her about until she returned to her antre; then, awaiting till the evening evened, he arose and repaired to a vintner's store where he drank a cup of wine.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Hereat quoth he to himself, "If I enter this antre, haply shall I lose myself, and perish of hunger and thirst!"

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir