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be one or two hopping before you
They are generally widely scattered, and, go where you will, there will be one or two hopping before you; but when one takes alarm, the danger cry is heard by all, and a great flock will gather in the air in an incredibly short time.
— from School Reading by Grades: Sixth Year by James Baldwin

beautiful ornament of the human body yet
Second, if designed by man as the representation of man, the head would have been covered with hair, the most beautiful ornament of the human body, yet no trace of hair is found on this subject.
— from The American Goliah by Anonymous

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