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divided at the top into linear or

Style divided at the top into linear or oblong stigmas (flowers white or pink) (Bindweed) — 3. 2b.
— from The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry A. (Henry Allan) Gleason

death and to the irretrievable loss of

I am sensible that an indulgence in this habit will lead to the loss of property, the loss of reputation and domestic happiness, to premature death, and to the irretrievable loss of my immortal soul; and now, with all this conviction resting firmly on my mind and flashing over my conscience like lightning, if I still continue to drink, do you suppose anything you can say will deter me from the practice?"
— from Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Joel Dorman Steele

does all the time in language of

And to assist us in that; to quicken our fancy, to kindle it, to captivate it, and to turn our fancy wholly to our salvation, we have all the entrancing river-scenes in the Pilgrim’s Progress set before us; a succession of scenes in which Bunyan positively revels in his exquisite fancies, clothing them as he does, all the time, in language of the utmost beauty, tenderness, pathos, power, and dignity.
— from Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte

during all the time it lay on

Me and Adkins were in luck, too, for this last snow come next day after we reached the Injun camp; an' during all the time it lay on the ground me and John were making ourselves as agreeable an' comfortable as possible in ol' Satank's lodge.
— from The Wolf Hunters: A Story of the Buffalo Plains by Robert Morris Peck

devices And takes the idle life of

I ask, is she in fault who guards such golden gloom, Such dear and damning scent, by who cares what devices, And takes the idle life of insects she entices When, drowned to heart's desire, they satiate the inside O' the lily, mark her wealth and manifest her pride?
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

disaster and to the irreparable loss of

They have had very great interest for me, and make one bitterly regret—more than ever—the blunders which led to so much national disaster, and to the irreparable loss of valuable lives.
— from Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke Late Brigadier-General Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade, Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan, from April 22nd to August 16th, 1880 by Henry Francis Brooke

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