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a room all carpet and

"It has a very nice smell," said Lucy, [84] examining the dark brown beads, which hung rather loosely on their string, and letting them fall one by one through her hands, till of course that happened which she was hoping for: she woke on a long low sofa, in the midst of a room all carpet and cushions, in bright colours and gorgeous patterns, curling about with no particular meaning; and with a window of rich brass lattice-work.
— from Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

and rattlesnakes and copperheads abounded

"She knew no fear, and as bears and panthers were numerous in the woods, and rattlesnakes and copperheads abounded everywhere, her friends told her of the danger to which she exposed herself, but it produced no other effect than to draw forth a contemptuous laugh, as she said, 'I know you only want to frighten me and keep me at home, but you miss it, for I often see your bears and I am perfectly convinced that they are nothing more than black hogs.'
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

a rule a certain amount

In reply, it may be admitted at once that there is, as a rule, a certain amount of truth in the objection.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

a right angle cause a

The door and window open at a right angle cause a draught of thirtytwo feet per second according to the law of falling bodies.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

and repulsions are contra acting

" It is evidently based on the supposition that the "attractions and repulsions" are contra -acting forces which exactly balance each other, and so the molecules are held in their position by no force.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

as requires a clear and

We discern no graces that are not pointed and puffed out and inflated by art; such as glide on in their own purity and simplicity easily escape so gross a sight as ours; they have a delicate and concealed beauty, such as requires a clear and purified sight to discover its secret light.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

and redoubts are carried and

The Spring of the new Year sees Spain invaded: and redoubts are carried, and Passes and Heights of the most scarped description; Spanish Field-officerism struck mute at such cat-o'-mountain spirit, the cannon forgetting to fire.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

and rattled at Camberwell and

The chief attendant of the three dynamos that buzzed and rattled at Camberwell, and kept the electric railway going, came out of Yorkshire, and his name was James Holroyd.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

at rest and cruelty as

But the blood-hounds, the Pathan and Ajit, were impatient till their victim was at rest; and cruelty, as if gathering strength from defeat, made another and a fatal attempt.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

are required as concealment and

For the first object but few people are required, as concealment and avoiding battle is aimed at, and parties for this purpose are comprised of from 10 to 30 men, whereas a party starting expressly for battle often contains two, three, or four hundred warriors.
— from Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri Edited with Notes and Biographical Sketch by Edwin Thompson Denig

and retain a charge as

Glass being an insulator, it was found that, if a glass bottle was filled with water, and then corked up with a cork, through which a nail was passed so that the top of it touched the water, it would receive and retain a charge as long as it was held in the hand; and this observation led to an invention of some account in the subsequent applications of electricity, known, from the place of its conception, as the Leyden jar.
— from Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects by Caithness, James Sinclair, 14th earl of

and rice are cooked adding

Make hole in center of rice, lay fowl in it, pour in 1 cup of the stock, let simmer until fowl and rice are cooked, adding more stock as rice swells.
— from The Story of Crisco by Marion Harris Neil

at Ruffec at Caen and

In 1739 d'Argenson writes in his journal 5105 : "The famine has just caused three insurrections in the provinces, at Ruffec, at Caen, and at Chinon.
— from The Ancient Regime by Hippolyte Taine

and rotation are constrained and

The motions of the joint, particularly those of abduction and rotation, are constrained and imperfect; the muscles of the upper part of the thigh are retracted, or drawn towards the iliac crest; the limb is thin, wasted, and out of all proportion to the rest of the body; the tuberosity of the ischium is almost uncovered, and consequently unusually prominent; the upper part of the trunk is thrown backwards, while the lumbar portion of the spine projects forwards, being concave behind; the pubes is placed almost horizontally on the thighs; and the ball of the foot alone touches the ground when the child stands erect.
— from Elements of Surgery by Robert Liston

and riche a Countrey as

TOC When Cortes was come where his Ships were, and the residue of his company, hée began this talke, saying: Now my louing friends and fellowes, ye doe sée what greate mercy God hathe shewed vnto vs, in bringing vs safe and in health to so good and riche a Countrey, as by manifest signes and tokens we haue alreadye séene, yea and howe plentifull of meate, inhabited of people, better clothed, and of more iudgement and reason, than the others whiche ye haue séene, since your firste comming: also better buildings, fieldes of grayne and corne:
— from The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new Spayne atchieued by the vvorthy Prince Hernando Cortes, marques of the Valley of Huaxacac, most delectable to reade by Francisco López de Gómara

and rising and coming and

And before them and beyond them, but at a distance as if in reverence, there were other shapes, sinking and rising and coming and going, and Hanrahan knew them by their whirling flight to be the Sidhe, the ancient defeated gods; and the shadowy arms did not rise to take hold of them, for they were of those that can neither sin nor obey.
— from Stories of Red Hanrahan by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

and reverence a century after

The memory of Penn lived green and fresh in their esteem, gratitude, and reverence, a century after.
— from Great Indian Chief of the West; Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk by Benjamin Drake

and rugs and carpets and

[Pg 144] embroideries and rugs and carpets; and the pest of fleas, the plague of flies, the insidious smells.
— from The Carpet from Bagdad by Harold MacGrath

Ashbourne races and cut a

I remember on one occasion a poor dandy puppy, who was in the same office with him—for Tom is in the Ordnance department, you must know—this puppy, sir, wanted to go to the Ashbourne races and cut a figure in the eyes of a rich grocer's daughter he was sweet upon.”
— from Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life by Samuel Lover

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