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of nidification seeing that owing to the
Many various statements have been made as to their mode of nidification, seeing that, owing to the precipitous nature of the localities selected, it is very often extremely difficult to approach the abode of a Rock Swallow.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 2 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm

one never sees toothpicks on the table
Is it true that one never sees toothpicks on the table here?" "Good lord, yes!" "Well, you see them on every aristocratic table in Europe, royalty not excepted.
— from Black Oxen by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

of Northern Sumatra their offering to the
33 Gayos of Northern Sumatra, their offering to the Lord of the Wood before clearing a piece of forest, ii. 36; propitiate the Lord of the Wood before hunting in the forest, ii. 125; superstitions of gold-washers among the, iii. 409 n. 3; their euphemism for small-pox, iii.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

of no service the one to the
And then he remembered how he had determined to break away from the woman at Sydney, and to explain to her, as he might then have done without injustice, that they two could be of no service the one to the other, and that they had better part.
— from John Caldigate by Anthony Trollope

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