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nerve in the retina is the essential
He observed that the image of objects is depicted upon the retina, and (with Schemer) demonstrated that the expansion of the optic nerve in the retina is the essential part in the organ of sight.
— from An Epitome of the History of Medicine by Roswell Park

night in the room in the Electric
But nothing was ever disturbed, and I began to think that I should have to risk an attempt to stay the night in the room, in the Electric Pentacle.
— from Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson

not intend to remain in the Egyptian
"Then you do not intend to remain in the Egyptian Army?"
— from With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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