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a mild interglacial climate universal Spring
Hence it follows that at the very time the Northern Hemisphere would enjoy a mild interglacial climate, universal Spring, so to speak, the Southern Hemisphere would be encased in the ice and snow of an eternal Winter.
— from The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races by Emory Adams Allen

a moment I came upon several
My dogs pricked up their ears at the startling sound and dashed eagerly forward, and in a moment I came upon several of our leading drivers gathered in a little group around what seemed to be an old overturned whale-boat, which lay half buried in snow by the river's bank.
— from Tent Life in Siberia A New Account of an Old Undertaking; Adventures among the Koraks and Other Tribes In Kamchatka and Northern Asia by George Kennan

and much iniquity concealed under such
There is a great deal to be said on their side, and much iniquity concealed under such specious phrases as 'Imperialism,' 'Supremacy of Great Britain in South Africa.'
— from Letters to His Friends by Forbes Robinson

a mile I climbed up step
Leaving the village and walking about a mile, I climbed up step by step alongside a broad river among the south-western mountains.
— from Three Years in Tibet by Ekai Kawaguchi


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