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produced a strange shock and revulsion of
The sudden meeting produced a strange shock and revulsion of feeling in both the mistress and pupil.
— from The Threatening Eye by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight

passed a small shelter a roof of
At one lonely place we passed a small shelter, a roof of yellow matting supported by a few posts, containing six rather pale-hued women with richly coloured robes and bangles seated in a semi-circle on the ground.
— from In Mesopotamia by Maurice Nicoll

peninsula and strange stories are recorded of
The tapir is the white and brown animal found in the Malacca peninsula, and strange stories are recorded of its eating stones and copper.
— from The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants by S. Wells (Samuel Wells) Williams

permanently a superficial spring and runs over
In this dam there is a weak place at S, through which water issues permanently (a superficial spring), and runs over the surface from S to O. This issue has a tendency to lower the water in the gravel to the line M m .
— from Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by Henry F. (Henry Flagg) French

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