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a Short Speech and refured to

Mar to ree 2d Cheif (White Crain) rose and made a Short Speech and refured to the great Chief Par nar ne Ar par be 3rd Cheif rose and made a Short Speech Ar ca we char the (the half man)
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

and so serve as retainers to

" Then up spake Little John, "Good master, let me choose a score of stout fellows from the band, and let us arm ourselves in a seemly manner and so serve as retainers to Sir Richard till he can get others in our stead.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

all such societies as Rosicrucianism Theosophy

The idea of an International Bureau for Masonic Affairs had already, as we have seen, been started in Switzerland; this was the same idea applied to occult groups, so that all such societies as Rosicrucianism, Theosophy with its various ramifications of Co-Masonry, etc., Hermetic Orders, isolated occultists, and so on, were to be placed under German control.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

are so strange and rapid that

“These changes of life are so strange and rapid that it seems to me I can scarcely meet them.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

at so slow a rate that

The stranger's mule moved on at so slow a rate, that he heard every word of the dispute, not only betwixt the centinel and the drummer, but betwixt the trumpeter and trumpeter's wife.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

a similar step as regards the

We could not, however, make a similar step as regards the second dynamical idea, namely, that of a necessary being.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

a sudden sally and recovering the

When the barbican was carried, the Sable Knight sent notice of the happy event to Locksley, requesting him at the same time, to keep such a strict observation on the castle as might prevent the defenders from combining their force for a sudden sally, and recovering the outwork which they had lost.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

after such shocks and render to

Nevertheless, it was indispensable that he should take a look into his conscience, after such shocks, and render to himself an account of himself.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

as she sat astride revealed the

Her hair glinted paly, for she rode bareheaded; her gown, tightened under her as she sat astride, revealed the lines of her boyish limbs.
— from Desert Dust by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

and settling some accounts relative to

As he seemed in an ill-humour, and I was unconscious of having given him cause, I was regardless of the consequences, and pursued my employment, which was looking over and settling some accounts relative to my own expences.
— from The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire

a sudden sally and routed them

But the Cid with his men made a sudden sally and routed them and pursued them for miles.
— from Famous Men of the Middle Ages by John H. (John Henry) Haaren

and she sent a raven to

Neither the queen nor the frog said anything about it, but somehow, as always happens, the story came to the ears of the Lion Fairy, and she sent a raven to fetch the culprit.
— from The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

a single stem and removing the

A very pretty standard tree results from keeping it to a single stem and removing the lower branches.
— from Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by E. T. (Ernest Thomas) Cook

as she stitches and rocks the

A thin-bladed knife and two-pronged fork lie ready for him on the rough deal table, guiltless of a cloth; and Gingham wonders what is keeping him, for he promised faithfully to come back to dinner, and the poor woman sighs as she stitches and rocks the child, and counts the quarters told out by the neighbouring clock, and ponders sadly on old times, than which there is no surer sign of a heart ill at ease.
— from General Bounce; Or, The Lady and the Locusts by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

angry sea surged and roared through

The wind, sweeping over the angry sea, surged and roared through the skeleton trees; the rain lashed the windows in rattling gusts; and the leaden sky hung low and frowning over the drenched and dreary earth.
— from Sir Noel's Heir: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

and some slight alteration remained to

All that I felt sure of, although I did not tell him so, was that he would not succeed in realizing the million of dollars; and, accordingly, when admitted as a great favor into his sanctum sanctorum, the work shop, to witness his machine put in motion, it stood most perversely still after one revolution, and " some slight alteration " remained to be made to the end of the chapter,—until hope became extinct in every breast save that of the projector.
— from The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 4, December, 1834 by Various

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