First few words of the opening line of a poem, song, or book, often used in lieu of a title.
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Bellis took the book from him and slowly translated the first lines.
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A few of the first lines, I have just rough-sketched as follows:
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He could hear Yefimya with a shaking voice reading the first lines.
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The two first lines of Phaer's third Aeneid will exemplify this measure:
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The first lines of his sketch were emerging now under his right hand.
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These are the first lines as they are in the MS.:-
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The first lines struck him as indicating insanity in the writer.
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The letter was on the table with the first lines written.
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He was great at first lines, but piss-poor in the follow-through.
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I send a recast of the four first lines of the concluding paragraph.
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I read in it, however, the first lines of another chapter.
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I answer, without the slightest hesitation, the first lines of the Marriage Service.
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The utterance of the first lines was a martyrdom for her.
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The two present first lines of trench had been taken from the Germans.
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Masters took up the paper, and the first lines he read were these:-
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The engineer turned pale as he glanced over the first lines.
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