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pipes ran everywhere growing like
On the other side three hovels sloped down, closely packed together; zinc pipes ran everywhere, growing like vines, ramifying like the stalks of a hollow vine along the walls, windows gaped on rusty leaden hinges.
— from En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

please replied Emma gratefully Lady
"To-morrow, if you please," replied Emma, gratefully; Lady Gordon promised that the means of conveyance should be at her service, and they proceeded to discuss other topics.
— from The Younger Sister: A Novel, Volumes 1-3 by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback

Porter Rev E G lecture
Porter, Rev. E. G., lecture by, 241 .
— from Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Agnes C. Laut

plates russia extra gilt leaves
and plates russia extra, gilt leaves Lips.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 03, November 17, 1849 by Various

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