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oaths shoutings the rush of frightened feet
[Pg 167] screams of terror, oaths, shoutings, the rush of frightened feet, of heavy, brutal pursuit.
— from Round about Bar-le-Duc by Susanne R. (Susanne Rouviere) Day

of stripping the rooms of furniture for
But his generous sailor's heart revolted from the thought of stripping the rooms of furniture for which he had no use.
— from Saxe Holm's Stories First Series by Helen Hunt Jackson

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