The panorama before me was what the girls call a peach—the shortest, funniest, and most earnest sprinting match ever recorded; Indians chasing dogs, dogs chasing bear, bear chasing Archibald, Archibald running for dear [170] life. — from Looking Back: An Autobiography by Merrick Abner Richardson
music ever soothes my ear Replied
To win his arms is use of cavalier, Before his foe in duel he affront." — "No sweeter music ever soothes my ear" (Replied the Tartar, as he raised his front) "Than voice which champions me to martial field; But see that his consent the Sarzan yield. — from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto
my eyes scorched my ears rent
And while I was hurled against the wall by a volcanic blast, with my eyes scorched, my ears rent, and my brain hammered, while around me the stones were pierced and crushed, I saw the woman uplifted in a fantastic shroud of black and red, to fall back in a red and white affray of clothes and linen; and something huge burst and naked, with two legs, sprang at my face and forced into my mouth the taste of blood. — from Light by Henri Barbusse
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