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papers as to how long or short sermons
Wiseman.—There is much discussion in the papers as to how long or short sermons and prayers ought to be.
— from Around the Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage

probosces and the hairy legs of spiders seized
She hid her face and would have fled; but bony fingers, claws, antennæ, and probosces, and the hairy legs of spiders seized her; and dragged her trembling before the throne.
— from The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky

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