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green animals growin right out of the
Josiah wuz entranced here, and as he stood lost in admiration of them green animals growin' right out of the ground, he sez: "My first job in Jonesville is cut out, Samantha."
— from Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Marietta Holley

gone and gazed ruminatively out over the
Lester sat down in his easy-chair by the window after his brother had gone and gazed ruminatively out over the flourishing city.
— from Jennie Gerhardt: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

give a greater reliability of operation than
Much the strongest argument in favor of steel towers for transmission lines is that these towers give a greater reliability of operation than do wooden poles.
— from Electric Transmission of Water Power by Alton D. Adams

gae and get Rashleigh out o the
But keep a calm sough till we meet again—I maun gae and get Rashleigh out o' the town afore waur comes o't, for the neb o' him's never out o' mischief—Mind the Clachan of Aberfoil.
— from Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Walter Scott

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