"owler" hidden in books

ocean without loss en route

If that should happen, Greenland, Antarctica, and the northern shores of America and Asia would be warmed by the tropical heat which had been transferred poleward beneath the surface of the ocean, without loss en route .
— from Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington

on without looking either right

At that time I saw nothing but a life of drudgery and severe struggle before me, but I did not allow myself to dwell on it; I simply worked on, without looking either right or left, behind or before.
— from My Autobiography: A Fragment by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

overflowing with life every room

It had the air of a house overflowing with life, every room with its sign of occupation.
— from Sir Tom by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

of which less elaborate resembles

Such is " The Widow of Babylon ," the ritual of which, less elaborate, resembles that of "Merry-Ma-Tanzie," though the rhymes are different.
— from Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Robert Ford

of Winter light Ebenezer Rule

In the uncompromising cleanness of that wash of Winter light, Ebenezer Rule was himself, for anybody to see.
— from Christmas: A Story by Zona Gale

of which Lady Ellington really

Her first instinct was, as would have been the instinct of everyone, to say something sympathetic, but her wisdom—the existence of which Lady Ellington really did not believe in—gave her better counsel.
— from The Angel of Pain by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

of whiche l ette res

the copies of whiche l ette res (to th’intent ye shalbe the more rype to answer if any thing shalbe obiected to you by the saide prynce)
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Cromwell, Vol. 1 of 2 Life, Letters to 1535 by Roger Bigelow Merriman

over with little excitement remaining

They were rather tired; and, feeling that their trip was practically over, with little excitement remaining, they slept soundly and did not awake until the sun was shining in their faces.
— from The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Emerson Hough

ornamented with longitudinal expansions resembling

The branches, and sometimes the stem, are ornamented with longitudinal expansions, resembling cork in their nature, but much harder.
— from Ornithological Biography, Volume 1 (of 5) An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America by John James Audubon

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