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inexperienced sparrow one could only see the
The Canary saw with her own eyes how he caught a young inexperienced sparrow; one could only see the feathers flying, and hear the bones crackling.
— from Verotchka's Tales by D. N. (Dmitrii Narkisovich) Mamin-Siberiak

into solution of carbonate of soda they
When spots originating from arsenic are treated with a solution of hypochlorite of soda (prepared by passing chlorine into solution of carbonate of soda), they are immediately dissolved; if, on the other hand, they are produced by antimony, they remain unaltered by this treatment.
— from Legal Chemistry A Guide to the Detection of Poisons, Examination of Tea, Stains, Etc., as Applied to Chemical Jurisprudence by Alfred Naquet

I shall of course owe special thanks
I shall of course owe special thanks to any one who may call my attention to similar mistakes.
— from An Egyptian Princess — Complete by Georg Ebers

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