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rooms lay along to

From the windows I could see that the suite of rooms lay along to the south of the castle, the windows of the end room looking out both west and south.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

ruined later and took

Lorrain was completely ruined later, and took refuge in a home for the old and needy, confiding Pierrette, both of whose parents were now dead, to the care of some near relatives, the Rogrons of Provins.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

radiant lamp adorns the

Whose radiant lamp adorns the azure way, Still may thy beams through heaven's bright portal rise, The joy of earth, the glory of the skies: Lo!
— from The Odyssey by Homer

reality looking at this

“I spent several hours in my room with an open book before me which I pretended to read, but in reality looking at this animal, my son!
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

rich liveries appeared to

She followed Madame Cheron through a large hall, where several servants in rich liveries appeared, to a kind of saloon, fitted up with more shew than taste; and her aunt, complaining of fatigue, ordered supper immediately.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

regular lines and the

The pale, thin face, in which, through the irreproachable beauty of the pure, regular lines and the mournful severity of some mute hidden grief, there often flitted the clear looks of early childhood, telling of trustful years and perhaps simple-hearted happiness in the recent past, the gentle but diffident, hesitating smile, all aroused such unaccountable sympathy for her that every heart was unconsciously stirred with a sweet and warm anxiety that powerfully interceded on her behalf even at a distance, and made even strangers feel akin to her.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

rich lonesome a treasure

For thee am I rich, lonesome, a treasure-pit, a gold chamber?
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

red Lead and therefore

If red Lead, for instance, and a white Paper, be placed in the red Light of the colour'd Spectrum made in a dark Chamber by the Refraction of a Prism, as is described in the third Experiment of the first Part of this Book; the Paper will appear more lucid than the red Lead, and therefore reflects the red-making Rays more copiously than red Lead doth.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

run loose among the

Over a dozen of these were owned by different people on the beach, and were allowed to run loose among the hills, with a long lasso attached to them, and pick up feed wherever they could find it.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

roadside looking at the

Seeing a negro standing by the roadside, looking at the troops passing, I inquired of him what road that was.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Russian left above the

All might have been saved, he argues, if the allies, ignoring the Russian left above the cliffs, had formed line of battle across their right.
— from Battles of English History by H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George

rivalled London as the

But early in the nineteenth century Jeffrey, editor of ‘The Edinburgh Review,’ made it the organ of Liberalism, and no less potent in England than in Scotland; while Scott, on the Tory side, led a following of Scottish penmen across the Border in the service of ‘The Quarterly Review.’ With ‘Blackwood’s Magazine’ and Wilson, Hogg, and Lockhart; with Jeffrey and ‘The Edinburgh,’ the Scottish metropolis almost rivalled London as the literary capital.
— from A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang

Ranald looking at the

“Yes, I know about her,” said Ranald, looking at the photograph; “it is to her
— from The Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the Ottawa by Ralph Connor

recklessly lose after the

But the guide took me entirely in charge, and lent me his axe, which I was certain I should recklessly lose after the same fashion.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 713, August 25, 1877 by Various

really looked at this

We have really looked at this rhetorical distinction on all sides, and are unable to apprehend it; and yet it is perpetually flung at our poor Nonconformist heads as a missile that is as potent as David's sling and stone.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIV July and October, 1871 by Various

rising like a turtle

“Me?” chattered Blaisdell, rising like a turtle 16 out of its shell.
— from Wyn's Camping Days; Or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club by Amy Bell Marlowe

Redeemer liveth and that

The elect shall see it, as Job says, “For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the last day upon the earth.
— from The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. by Hugh Latimer

roads libraries and the

The same line of argument arises with regard to the location of schools, roads, libraries, and the districts for public health nurses.
— from The Farmer and His Community by Dwight Sanderson

reading list and the

Each chapter is followed by a brief reading list and the book is further made useful as a text by the inclusion of questions and exercises.
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

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