"frieda" hidden in books

forces raiding in every direction and

"The fact that the enemy are now broken up into a great number of small forces, raiding in every direction, and that our troops are similarly broken up in pursuit of them, makes the area of actual fighting, and consequently of destruction, much wider than it would be in the case of a conflict between equal numbers operating in large masses.
— from Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold

fibres radially in every direction and

To meet this catchment system they have no long and descending tap-root, but just a short knobby root, which gives off long fibres radially in every direction; and these fibres terminate in knots or groups of absorbent rootlets exactly beneath the points where each leaf drips—the knobs or tags of the umbrella, to carry out our convenient metaphor.
— from Moorland Idylls by Grant Allen

farmer racked in every direction and

On the other hand, the farmer, racked in every direction, and unable to sell his produce, finds the labour bill the most difficult to meet, because it comes with unfailing regularity every Saturday.
— from Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies

first Review I ever did and

Then it is the first Review I ever did, and I did not know how long I might make it.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Charles Lamb

force remedies in England demurred at

Men among them, like Thomas Cooper and Peter Taylor, who had denounced physical force remedies in England, demurred at his gospel of revolution.
— from The Life of Mazzini by Bolton King

for refuge in every direction a

Fleeing [Pg 765] for refuge in every direction, a few subsequently united with their invaders, but the greater number sought safety among the Chippewas of Lake Superior.
— from Great Events in the History of North and South America by Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Goodrich

for roads in every direction and

Charters were granted for roads in every direction, and each important village had aspirations for “a railroad center;” and capital, by millions, flowed into the state, and in a short period Ohio found herself with eight thousand five hundred miles of railroad, representing a capital of more than five hundred and fifty million dollars.
— from The Squirrel Hunters of Ohio; or, Glimpses of Pioneer Life by N. E. (Nelson Edward) Jones

fifty roads in every direction and

It is night; there are fifty roads in every direction, and—look for a wind in the fields.
— from Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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