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a magazine or something sir he exclaimed
"I believe I've found a magazine or something, sir," he exclaimed.
— from The Fight for Constantinople: A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

a man of short stature his eyes
Fielding is a man of short stature, his eyes betray a lacklustre that might be the result of over-indulgence in liquor or want of rest; he is thin and poorly clad, his face is cleanly shaven.
— from The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin A Political Novel of the Twentieth Century by Francis Alexandre Adams

a moment of silent suspense his eyelids
Finally, after a moment of silent suspense, his eyelids flickered and: “O Antoinette, most lovely of thy kind!”
— from The Turner Twins by Ralph Henry Barbour

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