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old place there is a rock chamber
Below this old place there is a rock chamber, known only to me and Bart—who lies wounded yonder and helpless; but he will not betray the secret, even if he thinks that you are there.
— from Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn

of prefixing to it a recommendatory copy
When Addison published "Cato" in 1713, Young had the honour of prefixing to it a recommendatory copy of verses.
— from Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 by Samuel Johnson

only possess them in a rudimentary condition
In the female a somewhat smaller number of the anterior segments, six or seven, are without segmental tubes, or only possess them in a rudimentary condition.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

of physical training imaginable and readily cultivates
The boy gets the finest of physical training imaginable and readily cultivates moral virtues which have been the despair of teachers and parents.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index by Cheshire Lowton Boone

or plot told in a realistic colloquial
It is a simple recital of every day routine, without central theme or plot, told in a realistic, colloquial, normal, human fashion with an eye keen to every humorous incident that livened camp monotony.
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

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