"forbar" hidden in books

Fanny only replied by a rapid

Fanny only replied by a rapid glance at Edmund, and by throwing herself into the arms of Mrs. Beauchamp, which were extended to receive her.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various

for our Regard by awkward roundabout

For my own part, I shall think it a Convenience, when I go into a Company where there may be Faces unknown to me, if I discover, by this Badge, the Persons who merit some particular Expression of my Respect; and it will save modest Virtue the Trouble of calling for our Regard, by awkward roundabout
— from Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume 2 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

for our relief By a renowned

By way of liberal reward He made the childless Scutt a lord, And then despatched him on a Mission In honorific recognition Of presents sent for our relief By a renowned New Guinea Chief.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 by Various

fields of ripe barley and ripening

They passed through broad fields of ripe barley and ripening wheat, where the quail scuttled and piped among the thick-growing stalks.
— from The Valley of Vision : A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Henry Van Dyke

full of roast beef and racial

Metaphorically speaking he slapped them on the back, and filled them full of roast beef and racial admiration.
— from The Babe, B.A. Being the Uneventful History of a Young Gentleman at Cambridge University by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

fringe of rocks became a ring

The fringe of rocks became a ring of fire.
— from South Africa and the Boer-British War, Volume I Comprising a History of South Africa and its people, including the war of 1899 and 1900 by J. Castell (John Castell) Hopkins

fringe of ragged beard all round

By-and-by the jogging of the cart shook a piece of sacking from my face, and I could see the driver, a common labourer by his dress, with a fringe of ragged beard all round his face.
— from The MS. in a Red Box by John A. (John Arthur) Hamilton

France or Russia by any reactionary

The memory of the strength displayed by Germany in 1813 has been eradicated neither by the contempt of France or Russia, by any reactionary measure within Germany herself, by social and literary corruption, nor by the late contest between church and state.
— from Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4 by Wolfgang Menzel

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