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Bessy again so I dropped into a

I was glad enough to obey his orders, for I was very anxious to see dear little Bessy again; so I dropped into a boat that was going on shore for fresh beef, taking with me two or three little presents for Bessy, out of the many which I had received when on board, for the officers and men were very kind to me, and had given me many things which they did not value, but which I did very much, as they were quite new to me.
— from Poor Jack by Frederick Marryat

by a sudden impulse deserted it and

He followed the sedan car a few yards upon its homeward journey and then, by a sudden impulse, deserted it and returned to a position directly in front of Pee-wee with wagging tail and questioning gaze.
— from Pee-Wee Harris by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

bolts and set it down inaccurately as

Further, the last dying hiccup of the Haliotis seemed—or it might have been the Malay from the boat-house—to have lifted the thing bodily on its bolts, and set it down inaccurately as regarded its steam connections.
— from The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling

by a source is directed into a

In order that a search-light may be effective at a great distance, as much as possible of the light emitted by a source is directed into a beam of light of as nearly parallel rays as can be obtained.
— from Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh

Beneath a stone I dwell In a

I am an honest toad, Living here by the road; Beneath a stone I dwell, In a snug little cell, Hip, hip, hop.
— from Peter Parley's Own Story From the Personal Narrative of the Late Samuel G. Goodrich, ("Peter Parley") by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

but also saw it destroyed in a

he rebuilt the cathedral "from the foundations"; 9 but also saw it destroyed in a raid of the Welsh and Irish under Elfgar.
— from Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher

by a serpent in dreams in a

368, 374, vi. 162, 190; revelations in, iv. 25; women visited by a serpent in dreams in a sanctuary of Aesculapius, v. 80; revelations given to sick people by Pluto and Persephone in, v. 205; as causes of attempted transformation of men into women, vi. 255 sqq.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

Beneath a stone I dwell In a

R. Burns Song of the Toad I am an honest toad, Living here by the road; Beneath a stone I dwell, In a snug little cell.
— from Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E. W. (Edward William) Cole

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