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rapidly and with detachment on neutral
In these clashes of human temperaments, these sudden storms that spring up out of a clear sky, it is possible sometimes to repair the damage, if the psychological moment is resolutely seized, by talking rapidly and with detachment on neutral topics.
— from Jill the Reckless by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

reproduction A WISE DOG One night
Wednesday Story for oral reproduction: A WISE DOG One night a farmer was riding home along a lane which had walls on both sides.
— from Daily Lesson Plans in English by Caroline Stearns Griffin

ruins and were disposed of nobody
Then the windows were taken out, so carefully that but a handful of the precious glass remained in all the ruins, and were disposed of, nobody knows how or {128} where.
— from Fountains Abbey: The story of a mediæval monastery by George Hodges

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