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kind of deceit on my own
I have the same kind of deceit on my own conscience without thinking myself dishonest—What is it you see on the rampart?
— from Plays by August Strindberg, First Series by August Strindberg

killed or drove off most of
Horses and cattle had been brought into the new settlement in some number during the year; but the savages killed or drove off most of them, shooting the hogs and horned stock, and stealing the riding animals.
— from The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 by Theodore Roosevelt

kind of disorderly order many of
Then he himself reloaded, and fired a third time; and after [Pg 128] that he saw the broken scarlet lines in front of him roll back down the hill, in a kind of disorderly order, many of the redcoats falling behind and plunging presently to the earth.
— from The Road to Paris: A Story of Adventure by Robert Neilson Stephens

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