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overlooking sparkling San Diego Bay

A quiet hilltop temple, it stands in a sloping valley of eucalypti, overlooking sparkling San Diego Bay.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

or some such divarsion but

No, not of danger; but that we shall have what you may call a brisk push of it, is probable; and it may happen, a brush, a scrimmage, or some such divarsion, but always where covers are good, and ammunition abundant.”
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

of some suit depending before

This man, having come to Chambery on account of some suit depending before the senate, immediately got acquainted with Madam de Warens, and with great reason on his side, since for those imaginary treasures that cost him nothing, and which he bestowed with the utmost prodigality, he gained, in exchange, the unfortunate crown pieces one by one out of her pocket.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

of Salisbury said De Bracy

“It may be the Earl of Salisbury,” said De Bracy; “he is about the same pitch.”
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

of Spain sank down behind

We were soon on board, and within the hour the white city and the pleasant shores of Spain sank down behind the waves and passed out of sight.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

of safety strictly defined by

I bent my head : But not projecting it beyond the line of safety, strictly defined by the edge of the causeway.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

one simple straightforward document been

It would not have been the Spanish Government, had one simple, straightforward document been sent.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

one shall some day be

Thou shalt be my friend: remember that thou art young, and that the pious Alexander groweth very old; so that, in the course of nature, thou mayst live to see the episcopal throne at Alexandria vacant; or if they have no throne there yet, one shall some day be established.
— from Arius the Libyan: A Romance of the Primitive Church by Nathan C. (Nathan Chapman) Kouns

our shéepe should decaie by

Certes there is no parcell of the maine, wherin a man shall generallie find more fine and wholesome water than in England; and therefore it is impossible that our shéepe should decaie by tasting of the same.
— from Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine by William Harrison

others showed splendid dash bombing

Tookey and many others showed splendid dash, bombing dug-outs, bayonetting stray Huns, and occasionally taking a prisoner or two.
— from The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. by John David Hills

of Savoy sat down before

After Oudenarde, and against the counsels of Marlborough, [pg 284] it was said, the Prince of Savoy sat down before Lille, the capital of French Flanders, and commenced that siege, the most celebrated of our time, and almost as famous as the siege of Troy itself, for the feats of valour performed in the assault and the defence.
— from Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by William Makepeace Thackeray

of silks salaamed deeply before

The vendor of silks salaamed deeply before her beauty and the graciousness of her manner, for she smiled when she talked and spoke the prettiest broken Arabic in the world.
— from The Hawk of Egypt by Joan Conquest

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