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a respectful distance each in dread
Miss Brandon and Arthur had for some years past kept at a respectful distance, each in dread of designs of the other; but now they were fast resuming the childish familiarity of tone of the ancient times, when the rough but good-natured, gentlemanlike boy had been a companion much preferred to the determined, domineering girl.
— from Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

a ring D equal in diameter
From a strip of copper 20 gauge and 3/16 inch wide, C, make a ring, D, equal in diameter to the inside of the cover.
— from Copper Work: A Text Book for Teachers and Students in the Manual Arts by Augustus F. (Augustus Foster) Rose

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