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it strike another body either larger
Now, if in moving it strike another body either larger or smaller its motion will be somewhat retarded, and the body struck will possess some motion.
— from Perpetual Motion by Percy Verance

is spoken and Beings Eternal Live
it is spoken, and Beings Eternal Live and are borne as an Infant; the Eternal begets the Immortal: Love is the Spirit of Life, and Music the Life of the Spirit! ?
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 1 (of 2) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I saw a big elephant lift
"Once, in the jungle where I came from, I saw a big elephant lift up a tiger in his trunk, and the elephant threw the tiger down on the ground as hard as he could, and hurt him."
— from Umboo, the Elephant by Howard Roger Garis

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