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1657 S. Purchas' Pol. Flying-Ins. Pref. Verses To the Learned Author of this Bee-like laborious Treatise.
1823 Ld. ByronDon Juan: Canto XI viii. 107 That bee-like, bubbling, busy hum Of cities.