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great eagerness regarded me as

So at the last moment he clung to his Konigsberg post with great eagerness, regarded me as his deadly enemy, and, spurred on by his instinct of self-preservation, used every means in his power to make my stay in Konigsberg, and the already painful position I occupied while awaiting his departure, a veritable hell to me.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Good evening returned Montriveau and

“At a quarter to eight.” “Good evening,” returned Montriveau, and he hurried home to ask the porter whether he had seen a lady standing on the doorstep that evening.
— from The Thirteen by Honoré de Balzac

great embarrassment Roddy made a

To Inez, although the sight of her caused him great embarrassment, Roddy made a formal bow, to which she replied with one as formal.
— from The White Mice by Richard Harding Davis

G Ellis Red Man and

; F. Dellenbaugh, North Americans of Yesterday ; S. Drake, Aboriginal Races of America ; G. Ellis, Red Man and White Man in North America ; G. Grinnell, Story of the Indian .
— from The Colonies, 1492-1750 by Reuben Gold Thwaites

GRIFFITH ERNEST R Myth and

SEE GRIFFITH, ERNEST R. Myth and society in Attic drama.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1970 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Greece Eastern Rumelia Macedonia Albania

The Powers freed Serbia, giving Turkey first a suzerainty over her, and finally abolishing that: they freed Bulgaria, they freed Greece, Eastern Rumelia, Macedonia, Albania.
— from Crescent and Iron Cross by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

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