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little one Sure enough smaller tracks

See, here is the mark of a little one!" Sure enough, smaller tracks of the same general form were running parallel to the large ones.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

lie of suppositional evil showing that

But Mind is immortal; and the fact of there being no mortal mind, exposes the lie of suppositional evil, showing that error is not Mind, substance, or Life.
— from Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy

last Of spiritual economy so to

But he thought, at last, Of spiritual economy, so to save The lives of men and women, use their powers To ends that suit.
— from Domesday Book by Edgar Lee Masters

LEADS ON Someone else saw the

[264] CHAPTER XXII THE HUNCHBACK LEADS ON Someone else saw the light of Faye’s fire against the sky.
— from Johnny Longbow by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

look of singular excitement sprang to

A look of singular excitement sprang to his eyes.
— from An Unpardonable Liar by Gilbert Parker

life of St Edmund seems to

The origin of the tradition that Roger wrote a life of St. Edmund seems to be a passage in M. Paris, Chron.
— from The Grey Friars in Oxford by A. G. (Andrew George) Little

light of Scotland early spent Thy

Young light of Scotland early spent, Thy country thee shall long lament; And oft to after-times shall tell, In Hope's sweet prime my Hero fell."
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Charles Lamb

list of sexually explicit sites that

" Lemmons testified that he compiled the list of sexually explicit sites that should have been blocked by entering the terms "free adult sex, anal sex, oral sex, fisting lesbians, gay sex, interracial sex, big tits, blow job, shaved pussy, and bondage" into the Google search engine and then "surfing" through links from pages generated by the list of sites that the search engine returned.
— from Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling by United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

land of song every singer thinks

"A tradition only," replied the artist calmly, "because Italy is the land of song every singer thinks he or she must study there, but I assure you it's a mistake--London and Paris have as good teachers as Milan and Rome--I may say better, for everyone goes to the place where the largest income is to be made."
— from The Man with a Secret: A Novel by Fergus Hume

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