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on our paddocks sometimes in enormous

The field mushroom ( Agaricus campestris ), well known in England, has appeared on our paddocks, sometimes in enormous quantities.
— from Brighter Britain! (Volume 2 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by W. Delisle (William Delisle) Hay

on our part staring in equal

Very eager and inquisitive were the glances turned towards the sledge, for the load piled on it surpassed all expectation: we on our part staring in equal surprise at the extraordinary rig of the young folks who came to meet us.
— from Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

organization offering productive services in exchange

2. The term is used, secondly, by a figure of speech, and in a collective sense, to designate the body of persons who, having neither capital nor land, come into the industrial organization offering productive services in exchange for means of subsistence.
— from What Social Classes Owe to Each Other by William Graham Sumner

of our political system is essential

This fundamental rule of our political system is essential to the security of our republican institutions, and should be thoroughly understood and observed by every soldier.
— from Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1: April 1861-November 1863 by Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson) Cox

of opposite parties seldom if ever

Mr. Balfour once told me that, before our particular group of friends—generally known as the Souls—appeared in London, prominent politicians of opposite parties seldom if ever met one another; and he added: "No history of our time will be complete unless the influence of the Souls upon society is dispassionately and accurately recorded."
— from Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Margot Asquith

on one particular subject in Erika

Oddly enough his tongue, hitherto frozen stiff on one particular subject in Erika's presence, was now thoroughly loosened.
— from The Ego Machine by Henry Kuttner

or only partly soluble in excess

A few c.c. of aniline hydrochloride are now cautiously added, when it should be carefully noted if a precipitate is thrown down which might be either completely or only partly soluble in excess of aniline hydrochloride.
— from Synthetic Tannins, Their Synthesis, Industrial Production and Application by Georg Grasser

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