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of their own Northland and listening

The Vikings remain for a year, telling stories of their own Northland, and listening to the classic and Oriental tales of their hosts.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

opposite to one nearly as large

“I gave one to the Sultan, who mounted it in his sabre; another to our holy father the Pope, who had it set in his tiara, opposite to one nearly as large, though not so fine, given by the Emperor Napoleon to his predecessor, Pius VII.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

of their own nation and leave

For there be abundance of we English—no offence, Sir Giles—that seem to be ashamed of their own nation, and leave their homes to come and spend their fortunes abroad, among a parcel of—you understand me, sir—a word to the wise, as the saying is.”—Here
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

of the other necessities and luxuries

The same is true of all of the other necessities and luxuries.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

our tramp of near a league

CXXVII Awaking so, What if we, homeward-bound, all peace and some fatigue, Trudge, soberly complete our tramp of near a league, Last little mile which makes the circuit just, Elvire?
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

o Thursday Or never after look

160 I tell thee what, get thee to church o' Thursday Or never after look me in the face.
— from Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

on that other night a long

Faintly there came to him, filling the room slowly, tingling his nerves, the sweet scent of heliotrope—the perfume that had filled his nostrils on that other night, a long time ago, the sweet scent that had come to him in the handkerchief dropped on the rock, the breath of the bit of lace that had bound Jeanne's hair!
— from Flower of the North: A Modern Romance by James Oliver Curwood

out their own natures and lack

As their men do not treat them with the scrupulous deference given their American sisters, they do not so delightfully abound in their own sense, do not so complexedly work out their own natures, and lack variety and grace.
— from The Spirit of the Ghetto: Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York by Hutchins Hapgood

of the other Navaho and Lennon

At sight of the other Navaho and Lennon she paused.
— from Bloom of Cactus by Robert Ames Bennet

on the open narrative and laid

“He put one hand on the open narrative and laid the other heavily on my arm.
— from Armadale by Wilkie Collins

on this occasion not a little

Their singular conduct on this occasion not a little puzzled me at the time, and imparted to subsequent events an additional mystery.
— from Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville

of the owls now almost lost

They walked very rapidly, but they stopped when they heard once more the faint cries of the owls, now almost lost in the distance.
— from The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

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