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men in short dashes along the edge
The rifle-fire kept on undiminished while Carver led his men in short dashes along the edge of the bush to the same spot.
— from The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham

movement in Servia directed against the existence
We were able to assure our ally most heartily of our agreement with her view of the situation, and to assure her that any action she might consider it necessary to take in order to put an end to the movement in Servia directed against the existence of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy would receive our approval .
— from The Assault: Germany Before the Outbreak and England in War-Time by Frederic William Wile

madly into some dark abyss to emerge
The river itself has a character of wildness all its own-now, brawling over rugged rocks-now foaming between high and narrow sides, abrupt as walls, sometimes, flowing over a ledge of granite, without a ripple on the surface-then plunging madly into some dark abyss, to emerge again, lower down the valley, in one troubled sea of foam and spray: its dull roar the only voice that echoes in the mountain gorge.
— from The O'Donoghue: Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever

Manas is shown double as the Ego
Therefore, Manas is shown double, as the Ego and Mind of Man.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky


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