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been expected came leading and dashed
Dale, as might have been expected, came leading, and dashed up the steps with scarcely a nod to the Colonel who sat amusedly looking on.
— from Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris

But ever changing like a different
Oh! it hath melted like a dream away, A dream by far too beautiful for earth; Or like a cloud that hath no certain stay, But ever changing, like a different birth.
— from The Isle of Palms, and Other Poems by John Wilson

but Eve Carnforth looked a denial
[262] “Without doubt,” said Rudolph Braye, but Eve Carnforth looked a denial.
— from The Room with the Tassels by Carolyn Wells

before entering Cedar Lake a distance
From the Grand Rapids to the Narrows, before entering Cedar Lake, a distance of eighteen or twenty miles, a continuous rapid extends, and it is only by tracking and poling simultaneously that you are at all able to ascend the river.
— from The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto by Alexander Morris

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