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o Seth I reckon is she

She isna fond o' Seth, I reckon, is she?
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

or sensation is represented is surely

Even for man, however, Munk's way of mapping out the cortex into absolute areas within which only one movement or sensation is represented is surely false.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

or seeing it realized its splendid

What did it matter that scarcely any one saw what they saw, or, seeing it, realized its splendid, hopeful meaning?
— from Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful by Frances Hodgson Burnett

overseas she is rich in splendid

Like many of our cousins from overseas she is rich in splendid vitality.
— from A Padre in France by George A. Birmingham

of Sordello is rich in sculpturesque

In Sordello (1840), the first poem containing any reference to Italian sculpture, the castle of Goito, the early home of Sordello, is rich in sculpturesque effects.
— from Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1 by Pearl Hogrefe

or shakes it roughly it scatters

"For my part" observed Helen, "I should like to resemble the Rhododendron ; when any one touches it, or shakes it roughly, it scatters a shower of honey dew from its roseate cups, teaching us to shower blessings upon our enemies.
— from The Pearl Box Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People by Anonymous

other side is reached in safety

The horses plunge up to their withers in icy water which rushes by foaming around the knees of the rider, but the other side is reached in safety.
— from Seeing the West: Suggestions for the Westbound Traveller by K. E. M. (Kate Ethel Mary) Dumbell

of Savagery it remained in some

With a wide prevalence in the tribes of mankind in the Status of Savagery, it remained in some instances among tribes who had advanced into the Lower Status of barbarism, and in one case, that of the Britons, among tribes who had attained the Middle Status.
— from Ancient Society Or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery, through Barbarism to Civilization by Lewis Henry Morgan

of sound intelligence rehearsed If such

An ancient, not a legendary tale, By one of sound intelligence rehearsed, (If such, who plead for Providence may seem In modern eyes) shall make the doctrine clear.
— from The Task, and Other Poems by William Cowper

of shocks it receives is shattered

Ophelia , the daughter of Polonius in "Hamlet" and in love with the lord, but whose heart, from the succession of shocks it receives, is shattered and broken.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

of stone I refuse I simply

When he said, in the same voice of stone, “I refuse,” I simply sprang on him.
— from The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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