He pointed at two thongs of plaited rawhide, each secured to one of the horns.
— from The Heart of Unaga by Ridgwell Cullum
Sight and scent seem to be about equally important in prey recognition, each supplementing the other, and often functioning simultaneously.
— from Life History and Ecology of the Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus by Henry S. (Henry Sheldon) Fitch
Upon the whole, I do not see sufficient reason to doubt that we have freeholders before us who held their land and paid rent ever since the original occupation of the soil.
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
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