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mill and retail stores existed conditions
Where settlement was closer, co-operative activity possible, and little villages, with the mill and retail stores, existed, conditions of life were ameliorated, and a better type of pioneer was found.
— from Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 by Frederick Jackson Turner

met a rebel shell exploded close
Just as we met, a rebel shell exploded close over our heads and as his body was rolling over on the ground, I caught a glimpse of his upturned face and, in its horrified look, read his belief that it was the shell that had hit him.
— from The Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864 A statement of the erroneous claims made by General Schofield, and an exposition of the blunder which opened the battle by John K. Shellenberger

misty and remote seemed everything connected
How misty and remote seemed everything connected with the old life at Elsinore!
— from A Midnight Fantasy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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