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fro even like loose and rolling
The wall lies yet but as a heap of rubbish; the offices of the Lord Christ are to this day by many preachers confounded, and removed to and fro, even like loose and rolling stones.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

forward end looked like a round
The rocket grenade on the forward end looked like a round arrowhead while the back was flared to dissipate the exhaust gases.
— from Project Cyclops by Thomas Hoover

fiery eye looked like a Rip
Gable Inn, staring at the growing darkness with a single fiery eye, looked like a Rip Van Winkle.
— from Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray by David Christie Murray

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