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glowing embers right and left drowned
Some giant strength had wreaked its fury upon it, scattered the glowing embers right and left, drowned it out with water.
— from By Right of Conquest: A Novel by Arthur Hornblow

grotesque exploring record and laid down
On the morning of the last day in Vinland, Robert the Norman wrote the last word in the grotesque exploring record and laid down the brush forever.
— from The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days by Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz


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