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A gnawing rat a window accidentally left
A gnawing rat, a window accidentally left open through the night, and some misplaced, not instantaneously discovered object, are the ingredients of a burglary.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

and gazing round as wild a looking
He kept awhile to the open water, cruising restlessly about, as he had done before in the creek and mere, raising himself at times and gazing round, as wild a looking creature as imagination can conjure up.
— from The Life Story of an Otter by J. C. (John Coulson) Tregarthen

at great risk and when at last
The trip across the North Sea was finally accomplished, but at great risk, and when at last the little fjord steamer came alongside to bear the invalid to his home, a prayer of thanksgiving filled all hearts.
— from Ole Bull: A Memoir by Sara Chapman Thorp Bull

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