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our present subject so

Notwithstanding that much remains unintelligible in our present subject, so many expressive movements and actions can be explained to a certain extent through the above three principles, that we may hope hereafter to see all explained by these or by closely analogous principles.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

open Phineas said Simeon

“With one ear open, Phineas?” said Simeon, quietly.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

of parson Supple s

I have not had patience to read half o't, for 'tis longer than one of parson Supple's sermons; but I find plainly it is all about love; and indeed what should it be else?
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

of plants some species

To explain by a simple example what is meant: if in a large genus of plants some species had blue flowers and some had red, the colour would be only a specific character, and no one would be surprised at one of the blue species varying into red, or conversely; but if all the species had blue flowers, the colour would become a generic character, and its variation would be a more unusual circumstance.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

our party she said

"I hope she will invite you to join our party," she said naïvely.
— from Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page

of people sometimes shifting

Now, as the musical comedy depends for its appeal upon musical volume, numbers of people, sometimes shifting scenery, a kaleidoscopic effect of pretty girls in ever changing costumes and dancing about to catchy music, it does not have to lean upon a fascinating plot or brilliant dialogue, in order to succeed.
— from Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page

of perhaps six seconds

Then the raft was once more hove up, and Leslie again caught sight of the object, which this time remained in view for a space of perhaps six seconds; and brief though this period may seem, it was sufficient to enable his practised seaman’s eye to determine the fact that what he saw was the head of the royal of a ship steering to the southward.
— from Dick Leslie's Luck: A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Harry Collingwood

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