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distorting it as things are distorted by
And to have the picture of our impression complete, you must bear in mind that we saw it all through a thick bent glass, distorting it as things are distorted by a lens, acute only in the centre of the picture, and very bright there, and towards the edges magnified and unreal.
— from The First Men in the Moon by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

dimensions increase and the actual distances between
Relative, mind, for as we go away from the Sun all the dimensions increase and the actual distances between the planets among the rest.
— from Biography of Percival Lowell by A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence) Lowell

dressed in a turban and dirty blue
Strolling about the market-place I came in contact with a fellow dressed in a turban and dirty blue linen robes and trowsers.
— from Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Borrow

dressed in a turban and dirty blue
Strolling about the market-place, I came in contact p. 245 with a fellow dressed in a turban and dirty blue linen robes and trowsers.
— from Wild Wales: The People, Language, & Scenery by George Borrow

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