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cat crouching out of

Following its direction I saw the black cat crouching out of sight.
— from Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

consisting chiefly of olein

They contain a bland fixed oil, consisting chiefly of olein.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

countenance clairvoyant of occult

To him philosophy was to be something giving strange swiftness and double sight, divining the sources of springs beneath the earth or of expression beneath the human countenance, clairvoyant of occult gifts in common or uncommon things, in the reed at the brook-side, or the star which draws near to us but once in a century.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater

carts come out of

So great was our fear, as Sir W. Batten hath carts come out of the country to fetch away his goods this night.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

constant changing of one

The constant changing of one's occupation is fatal to all success.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

children come out of

They called it seeing the children come out of school, and the last spark was the schoolmaster.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

chief command on Ordas

From the foregoing statement, the reader will readily perceive how differently all this has been related by Gomara, who even makes Velasquez confer the chief command on Ordas; the latter, he says, invited Cortes to dine with him on board his vessel, had him seized while at dinner, and taken off prisoner to Santiago.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

cat came out on

Florrie, the cat, came out on to the veranda, and sat on the top step, her white paws close together, her tail curled round.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

City Church Oxford on

At the City Church, Oxford, on Sunday, the rector, the Rev. Carterel J.H. Fletcher, preached at both morning and evening services in aid of General Booth's Social Salvation Fund, and the collections were devoted to the object. Revd.
— from Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" by Frederick St. George De Lautour Booth-Tucker

car came out of

As Pierce's car came out of the garage, what did you do?
— from Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

carefully cut out of

He was astonished; and solemn as the occasion was, almost amused to observe that his name and direction had been carefully cut out of the newspaper paragraph which he quarrelled with some weeks before at the Club, and that this unknown correspondent, to prevent the possibility of his writing being detected by those who examined the outside, had pasted these printed letters on the cover, "Sir Arthur Dunbar, Portobello."
— from Modern Flirtations: A Novel by Catherine Sinclair

carefully channeled or otherwise

The principal feature to note is the great use made of that elaborate sort of masonry, in which the joints of the stones are carefully channeled or otherwise marked, and which is known by the singularly inappropriate name of rustic work.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, March 1884, No. 6 by Chautauqua Institution

child coming out of

And so, to have proof of this, I used to watch that child coming out of school.
— from Three Plays by Luigi Pirandello

calm consideration of our

Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together—be calm—love me—to-day—yesterday—what tearful longings for you—you—you—my life—my all—farewell—Oh continue to love me—never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved L. ever thine ever mine ever for each other.
— from The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

comick characters or of

The power of distinguishing and discriminating comick characters, or of filling tragedy with poetical images, must be the gift of nature, which no instruction nor labour can supply; but the art of dramatick disposition, the contexture of the scenes, the opposition of characters, the involution of the plot, the expedients of suspension, and the stratagems of surprise, are to be learned by practice; and it is cruel to discourage a poet for ever, because he has not from genius what only experience can bestow.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Samuel Johnson

courtyard cutting on one

At length we reach the upper platform, a nearly square courtyard, cutting on one side into the mountain slope, the opposite side being enclosed by a wall pierced by a single door, while to right and left ran two lines of buildings destined for purposes connected with the daily worship of the temple.
— from History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 4 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero

covered chaise one of

THE STEPPE The Story of a Journey I E ARLY one morning in July a shabby covered chaise, one of those antediluvian chaises without springs in which no one travels in Russia nowadays, except merchant’s clerks, dealers and the less well-to-do among priests, drove out of N., the principal town of the province of Z., and rumbled noisily along the posting-track.
— from The Bishop and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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