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card or message Eh said the

After a sufficiently long interval, the door was opened, and a small voice immediately accosted him with, ‘Oh please will you leave a card or message?’ ‘Eh?’ said the dwarf, looking down, (it was something quite new to him) upon the small servant.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

conglomeration of mixed emotions surged through

As Dave watched the shadowy blur slide down toward the surface of the field, then level off and settle gently, a conglomeration of mixed emotions surged through him.
— from Dave Dawson, Flight Lieutenant by Robert Sidney Bowen

century or more ever since the

They've seen it growing for a century or more, ever since the end of the Second War.
— from A Man Obsessed by Alan Edward Nourse

coming over my eyes since the

Say, Fakir, I've been feeling a sort of darkness coming over my eyes since the morning.
— from The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore

cite one more example showing the

[28 bis] Their variance is expressed in the same manner as was done by Van't Hoff (Chapter I., Notes 19 and 49 ) by the quantity i , taking it as = 1 when k = 1·05, in that case for KI, i is nearly 2, for borax about 4, &c. [29] We will cite one more example, showing the direct dependence of the properties of a substance on the molecular weight.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume I by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

child of my elder son Tristram

There were certain legacies to servants and friends, a provision for each of the grandchildren and for Cousin Clare, then the entire residue of the estate was bequeathed to "Leslie, only child of my elder son, Tristram."
— from The Princess of the School by Angela Brazil

choice of ministers Ewen said the

(The pick and choice of ministers Ewen said the minister, Doctor A. B. from Inverary, and Doctor C. D. from Mull).
— from The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad by Various

children of Miledh Espaigne seems to

The very idea of national unity, once so cherished by all the children of Miledh Espaigne , seems to have been as wholly lost as any of those secrets of ancient handiwork, over which modern ingenuity puzzles itself in vain.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Cut off my ears shouted the

[89] "Cut off my ears!" shouted the donkey-eared man.
— from The Magic Soap Bubble by David Cory

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