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remarkable and far from exhilarating sounds
I say nothing of what may be called the domestic noises of the ship: such as the breaking of glass and crockery, the tumbling down of stewards, the gambols, overhead, of loose casks and truant dozens of bottled porter, and the very remarkable and far from exhilarating sounds raised in their various state-rooms by the seventy passengers who were too ill to get up to breakfast.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

recovered and free from every symptom
It is true an occasional alarm was felt from time to time, as a slight cold, accompanied with its hard and unusual cough, happened to supervene; but in general it soon disappeared, and in a brief space she became perfectly recovered, and free from every symptom of the dreadful malady.
— from The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

released And freed from every snare
From sufferings and from sins released, And freed from every snare.
— from All about Battersea by Henry S. Simmonds

rises and falls for every shot
The griffe rises and falls for every shot; the cylinder travels out and in, but does not turn till two or three or whatever number of impressions required are given by each card.
— from Jacquard Weaving and Designing by T. F. Bell

recognized as facts for example sin
Let such articles, as are either to be recognized as facts, for example, sin or evil having its origination in a will; and the reality of a responsible and (in whatever sense freedom is presupposed in responsibility,) of a free will in man;—or acknowledged as laws, for example, the unconditional bindingness of the practical reason;—or to be freely affirmed as necessary through their moral interest, their indispensableness to our spiritual humanity, for example, the personeity, holiness, and moral government and providence of God;—let these be vindicated from absurdity, from self-contradiction, and contradiction to the pure reason, and restored to simple incomprehensibility.
— from The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 4 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

r ar F f ef S
O o o C c si P p pi D d di Q q quiú E e i R r ar F f ef S s es G g dyi T t ti H h ich U u iu I
— from Mga Paquigpulong sa Iningles ug Binisaya by Gregorio de Santiago Vela

Regularity and freedom from excess such
Regularity and freedom from excess, such as are not known in other continents, mark its ocean currents, its winds, its temperature and rains, and the course of its rivers.
— from The Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe. Greece, Turkey in Europe, Rumania, Servia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. by Elisée Reclus

rock and feeling for each step
Rick and Scotty kept the safety line taut while Briotti and Zircon moved the injured man an inch at a time, bracing themselves against the rock and feeling for each step.
— from The Pirates of Shan: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

rise and fall for every shot
These hooks may be raised by the griffe of the jacquard, which would require to rise and fall for every shot, or the [184] griffe may be held up for the number of shots to the card, and the hooks for working the shafts may be wrought by a small dobby.
— from Jacquard Weaving and Designing by T. F. Bell

relatives are found from extreme southeastern
A majority of the pit-vipers are found in the Americas, but close relatives are found from extreme southeastern Europe through temperate Asia to Japan ( A. halys ) and southeastern Asia including Indonesia ( Agkistrodon and Trimeresurus ).
— from Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) by Ray D. Burkett


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