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governments and land associations comparable to

In default of legal authority, in this early period, they formed squatter governments and land associations, comparable to the action of the Massachusetts men who in the first quarter of the seventeenth century "squatted" in the Connecticut Valley.
— from The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner

glaring about like a caged tiger

Here, it was impossible to hold his own against the unconcealed laughter of the many, and he stood for an instant glaring about like a caged tiger, while three currents of humanity separated and flowed toward the three ferry exits.
— from The Call of the Cumberlands by Charles Neville Buck

great art lover and collector the

The great art lover and collector, the Marquis of Hertford, lived at No. 2, the old hôtel d’Aubeterre.
— from Historic Paris by Jetta Sophia Wolff

game and lose a claim to

Some of the prospectors tried to sell him some mining claims; being unsuccessful in that, they attempted to get him into a poker game and lose a claim to him so they could boast, “The President of the United States owns mining property in Schofield.”
— from Crystal River Saga: Lore of the Colorado Rockies by Theresa V. Francis

God and Lord are common to

He makes a skilful selection and combination of texts to prove his point: that the titles “God” and “Lord” are common to the first two Persons in the Trinity—the names Father and Son being added merely to distinguish the Personality.
— from Saint John Chrysostom, His Life and Times A sketch of the church and the empire in the fourth century by W. R. W. (William Richard Wood) Stephens

Gospel and leave all consequences to

shine on!—set the trumpet to the mouth—proclaim a free-grace Gospel, and leave all consequences to God.
— from Spiritual Victories Through the Light of Salvation by J. (John) Church

give a lucid and coherent tale

They are rather like children after the party, too excited to give a lucid and coherent tale of what they've done.
— from A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair

ground abandoned like a creeper that

So as she spoke, she tottered, and her soul suddenly left its body, which sank to the ground abandoned, like a creeper that collapses when the trunk it clung to falls, and saying as if to mock him: Seek now for the core that is gone, within the hollow husk.
— from A Syrup of the Bees by F. W. (Francis William) Bain

Germany at large and comes to

The FURSTENBUND Affair is now, secretly, in a very lively state, at Berlin and over Germany at large; and comes to completion in a couple of months hence,—as shall be noticed farther on.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Thomas Carlyle

good and law abiding citizens to

And I hereby announce my resolute determination, with the aid of special deputies whom I have appointed, and the posse which I have summoned to preserve the peace and protect the person and property of the people within my bailiwick, and I hereby call upon all good and law abiding citizens to assist me and those acting with me to enforce the law and maintain good order.
— from Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 Read in the Senate and House of Representatives May 23, 1878 by 1877 Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July

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