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four rolls of linen laid one
Faria then drew forth from his hiding-place three or four rolls of linen, laid one over the other, like folds of papyrus.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

f row of letters line of
stæfrǣw f. row of letters, line of writing , ÆL 23b 767 : alphabet , BH 484 27 .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

former rôle of leading lady of
Bedstemor, reinstated in her former rôle of leading lady of the Gaard, was in a state of feverish excitement.
— from Katharine Frensham: A Novel by Beatrice Harraden

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