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Hawkins and Miss Nestleburt exchanged rueful
"When it was daylight, did you climb back over the fence and go back to your tent?" Mr. Hawkins and Miss Nestleburt exchanged rueful glances.
— from Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Casteel Vogel

had a mighty narrow escape remarked
"Well, it sure is queer, and we had a mighty narrow escape," remarked Nort, as Bud leaned back again with the lantern.
— from The Boy Ranchers in Camp; Or, The Water Fight at Diamond X by Willard F. Baker

had a mighty narrow escape Robert
You've had a mighty narrow escape, Robert, my lad, but we've gained one good tomahawk which, you boys willing, I mean to take."
— from The Hunters of the Hills by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

Here again Masson noted extensive ruins
Here again Masson noted extensive ruins en route .
— from The Gates of India: Being an Historical Narrative by Holdich, Thomas Hungerford, Sir

H and M Not elsewhere reported
H. and M. Not elsewhere reported.
— from Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc. by Charles McIlvaine


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