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cabin in some confusion and

The lady retired to the cabin in some confusion, and many of the faces round me assumed a very doleful and frog-coloured appearance; and within an hour the number of those on deck was lessened by one half.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

customary in such compositions and

His task was accomplished with an even greater degree of carelessness than is customary in such compositions, and it may be said that his ability or, at least, his good will is not nearly so great as that of Zonaras.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

chosen in such cold and

Perhaps the baronet's bedroom was about the pleasantést retreat that an invalid could have chosen in such cold and cheerless weather.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

city in such crowds and

And as this good-will to Vespasian was universal, those that enjoyed any remarkable dignities could not have patience enough to stay in Rome, but made haste to meet him at a very great distance from it; nay, indeed, none of the rest could endure the delay of seeing him, but did all pour out of the city in such crowds, and were so universally possessed with the opinion that it was easier and better for them to go out than to stay there, that this was the very first time that the city joyfully perceived itself almost empty of its citizens; for those that staid within were fewer than those that went out.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

captives into Sicily Calabria and

He repeopled Naples, and imported colonies of African captives into Sicily, Calabria, and Apulia, (Hist.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

cried in shrill chorus Ah

Hushed in the sublime repose of death, the broad, firm, massive face and head fronted us so grandly that the chattering Frenchwomen about me lifted their hands in admiration, and cried in shrill chorus, "Ah, what a handsome man!"
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

capacity is sometimes cited as

This capacity is sometimes cited as evidence of innocence.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

complexion is still clear and

Lady Caroline's face is thin and pointed, but her complexion is still clear, and her soft brown hair is very prettily arranged.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

confederacy is still cherished and

The intention of forming a confederacy is still cherished, and may be realized.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 6, December 1849 by Various

children is still charming and

Miss O’Neil has now several children, is still charming, and lives happily on her husband’s property.
— from Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince. by Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von

can in such cases always

Some kind of an arrangement can in such cases always be made, though it is seldom that any occasion arises that requires it.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V by Various

class into such confusion as

What kind of an enemy was it anyhow, they asked themselves, that could throw the well-drilled boys of the first class into such confusion as this?
— from Don Gordon's Shooting-Box by Harry Castlemon

cooked in small casseroles and

Then he would find the week's bill of fare on his card, three or four dishes for each day, some cooked in small casseroles and served so to any guest who orders one.
— from Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.

coil is so changed as

Some of these new types still retain the coil, but the whorls are much less compact than before, as in the Crioceras; in others, the direction of the coil is so changed as to make a spiral, as in the Turrilites; or the shell starts with a coil, then proceeds in a straight line, and changes to a curve again at the other extremity, as in the Ancyloceras, or in the Scaphites, in which the first coil is somewhat closer than in the Ancyloceras; or the tendency to a coil is reduced to a single curve, so as to give the shell the outline of a horn, as in the Toxoceras; or the coil is entirely lost, and the shell reduced to its primitive straight form, as in the Baculites, which, except for their undulating partitions, might be mistaken for the Orthoceratites of the Silurian and Devonian epochs.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

came in sight carrying a

Presently a man came in sight, carrying a blunderbuss.
— from The Squirrel's Pilgrim's Progress A Book for Boys and Girls Setting Forth the Adventures of Tiny Red Squirrel and Chatty Chipmunk by J. D. (James Douglas) Williams

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