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away but Arthur caught him and

Sir George Burnwell tried to get away, but Arthur caught him, and there was a struggle between them, your lad tugging at one side of the coronet, and his opponent at the other.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

a bare and cheerless hall and

An aged man stands in a prayer-meeting in a bare and cheerless hall, and says in broken and faltering voice, "The dear Lord has blessedly SANCTIFIED my heart," and like a flash the room lightens, and the whole place seems changed and made cheery.
— from The Heart-Cry of Jesus by Byron J. (Byron Johnson) Rees

are but a cubit high and

For it is reported that some have one eye in the middle of the forehead; some, feet turned backwards from the heel; some, a double sex, the right breast like a man, the left like a woman, and that they alternately beget and bring forth: others are said to have no mouth, and to breathe only through the nostrils; others are but a cubit high, and are therefore called by the Greeks "Pigmies:"
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

another but all citizens have an

The peculiar merit of the latter is said to be its land laws, by which no one possesses more than another, but all citizens have an equal share in the public land.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

and Belgrade and consequently had a

He had previously been consul at Varna and Belgrade, and consequently had a sufficient experience of the system known as "extra-territoriality," which in most non-Christian countries of the East exempts Europeans from the operations of the local law.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

a broken and contrite heart and

Think whether it is indeed and beyond a doubt the fact, that you have yourselves “passed from death unto life,” and know what a wounded spirit is, and what the godly sorrow of a broken and contrite heart, and the agonizing conviction of being a sinner deserving eternal condemnation.
— from The True Ministers of Christ Accredited by the Holy Spirit: A Sermon by Philip Gell

an Brindle an Crooked Horn an

Thar's all thet soap grease to mek up soon's I kin git the leach bar'l sot up—'sides hens to set, gairden to plant, the turkey hens to watch so's they don't steal ther nests; an' Brindle an' Crooked Horn an' Spot all comin' in fresh nex' week, an' ther new calves to look aftah, 'sides all thet buttah an' milk an' cheese.
— from Crestlands: A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Mary Addams Bayne

around Brie and consequently had a

To this I could say nothing, but I concluded that that was not quite the correct reason; the truth is that early that morning the young fellow had been helping to empty some of the many wine bottles I saw around Brie, and consequently had a little more "Dutch courage"—was a little more rash—than would have been the case under other conditions.
— from Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Complete by Philip Henry Sheridan

ARCHITECTURE being a Concise History and

52 s. 6 d. A MANUAL of ARCHITECTURE : being a Concise History and Explanation of the principal Styles of European Architecture, Ancient, Mediæval, and Renaissance; with a Glossary of Technical Terms.
— from The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors by Bence Jones

a bid against Crofts he asked

“Ain’t you even going to make a bid against Crofts?” he asked.
— from Windy McPherson's Son by Sherwood Anderson

alternative b and could have adopted

But, it will be observed, if not for the twenty-sixth proposition concerning the eternity of motion, which implies an infinite power, we should not have been forced to the alternative (b), and could have adopted (c) as well as (d).
— from A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik

aldermen butchers and clerks hucksters and

FANEUIL HALL, BOSTON, MASS.—“THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY” THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY Faneuil Hall ONE “In old Faneuil, that guild temple of traders and aldermen, butchers and clerks, hucksters and civic magistrates, the spirit of the people conceived an embryonic nation.”
— from The Mentor: The Cradle of Liberty, Vol. 6, Num. 10, Serial No. 158, July 1, 1918 by Albert Bushnell Hart

a beautiful and comfortable hotel and

It really is a beautiful and comfortable hotel and grounds and she has made many friends, and also I forced a pitch battle with a woman who was rude to her when we visited the hospital—
— from Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Richard Harding Davis

a baby and carried her across

Ulrica took her up in her great, strong arms, as easily as if she were a baby, and carried her across the room and laid her on the bed.
— from Nelly's Silver Mine: A Story of Colorado Life by Helen Hunt Jackson

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