As if attending to these curst cocks and hens here were not enough work for any girl.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy
Negrete and the Spaniards, now masters of their novel exercise, wandered fleetly and gracefully hither and thither, occasionally being out of sight completely.
— from Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Jules Verne
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