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deer or uprooted by the swine
Thus, in the New Forest in Hampshire, the young oaks which are not consumed by the deer, or uprooted by the swine, are indebted to the holly for their escape.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

doth open up between thy snowy
"A path of light doth open up between thy snowy mountains," and she leaned eagerly forward.
— from The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock

direction of Utah by the Shoshonis
To the north of California, the Wihinast, or Western Shoshonis, are separated from the Pacific by a thin strip of Jacon and Kalapuya country, being succeeded in the direction of Utah by the Shoshonis Proper.
— from Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

district of Upper Bavaria the Straw
270, 271 [pg 438] Rosenheim, district of Upper Bavaria, the Straw-bull at harvest in, vii.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

day or unlighted beacons thirteen steam
From this station one hundred and eighty-nine lighthouses and beacon lights and seven lightships are maintained and supplied, while thirty-six day or unlighted beacons, thirteen steam fog signals, six electric light buoys, and five hundred and seven other buoys are looked after and [Pg 208] kept in repair by the inspector and his assistants.
— from The Sea Rovers by Rufus Rockwell Wilson

defamed or upbraided by the Spaniards
Aguirre from thence landed about Santa Marta and sacked it also, putting to death so many as refused to be his followers, purposing to invade Nuevo Reyno de Granada and to sack Pamplona, Merida, Lagrita, Tunja, and the rest of the cities of Nuevo Reyno, and from thence again to enter Peru; but in a fight in the said Nuevo Reyno he was overthrown, and, finding no way to escape, he first put to the sword his own children, foretelling them that they should not live to be defamed or upbraided by the Spaniards after his death, who would have termed them the children of a traitor or tyrant; and that, sithence he could not make them princes, he would yet deliver them from shame and reproach.
— from The Discovery of Guiana by Walter Raleigh

daughter of Uranus being the sister
Page 13 {13} C Y B E L E , V E S T A. ——— This goddess was the daughter of Uranus, being the sister and wife of Saturn.
— from Heathen mythology, Illustrated by extracts from the most celebrated writers, both ancient and modern by Various

down on us by their shortsightedness
And membership in the Lodge gives us control—control over psis like you who might bring the wrath of the Normal majority down on us by their shortsightedness."
— from Card Trick by John Berryman

drifted on unbroken by the speech
and then time drifted on, unbroken by the speech which would have jarred the new, perfect harmony.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various


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