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braggart lover of the chase Had

[ 4 ] A braggart, lover of the chase, Had lost a dog of valued race, And thought him in a lion's maw.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

black loom of the craggy hills

We stumbled slowly along in the darkness, with the black loom of the craggy hills around us, and the yellow speck of light burning steadily in front.
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

before learning of the catastrophe hanging

Some, to be sure, by perishing suddenly before learning of the catastrophe hanging over them, and some at the moment they received the news, were fortunately relieved of the terrors preceding death: those who were warned in advance and hid themselves found it a very difficult matter to escape.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

but likewise of the Colby Hall

Here they could get a view not only of the water front, but likewise of the Colby Hall camp stretched out in the clearing to the northeast of the woods.
— from The Rover Boys Under Canvas; Or, The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine by Edward Stratemeyer

But leaving off the consideration how

But leaving off the consideration how would it look for us to go up the Ave.
— from Believe You Me! by Nina Wilcox Putnam

brief Loose on the cherry hung

“Cold grew the foggy morn: the day was brief: Loose on the cherry hung the crimson leaf: The dew dwelt ever on the herb, the woods Roared with strong blasts, with mighty showers the floods.
— from The Life of a Foxhound by John Mills

best life of the cities had

There was something in him that told at first sight of the making of the man; told that the best life of the open had formed him and the best life of the cities had finished him.
— from Our Square and the People in It by Samuel Hopkins Adams

by love of the Crucified his

Ascetic acts are also a natural accompaniment of penitence: the sinner, with fear of hell before him, seeks to undergo temporal in order to avoid eternal pain; or, better, stung by love of the Crucified, his heart cries for flagellation.
— from The Mediaeval Mind (Volume 1 of 2) A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor

been lived out the climax having

I am taken to my home, and the suspense, the anxiety, having been lived out, the climax having been reached and passed I swoon away.
— from Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by G. O. (George O.) Shields

best lawyers of the city have

To protect this class by giving them the most unselfish advice possible, a number of the best lawyers of the city have cheerfully offered their services, and every Thursday evening from eight to twelve o'clock one or two stand ready to give gratuitously the best advice they can upon such legal points as may be presented.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, November 1898 Volume 54, November 1898 by Various

breakers lifted on the crest half

Now we flew down on the first line of breakers, lifted on the crest, half blinded with the foam, and plunged across it.
— from A Sea Queen's Sailing by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler

But lots of this country here

But lots of this country here has five or six hundred-year-old families still flourishing.
— from Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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