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reproduction of images during speech
The process is similar in the reproduction of images during speech.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

reverse of icy did sit
Mr. Poyser, who looked and felt the reverse of icy, did sit down in his three-cornered chair.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

right out in deh street
I jolt dem right out in deh street before dey knows where dey is! See?" "Sure," said Jimmie.
— from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

reproaches or if denial seemed
He was careful to conceal his infidelities from her, and often succeeded in averting scenes and reproaches; or, if denial seemed impossible, he tried to palliate his fault and gain indulgence by addressing to her one of those poetical odes in which he excelled, and from which she derived such pride and joy.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

rest on its dorsal surface
The animal does not bear his weight on it, allows it to rest on its dorsal surface, stands with it crossing the other leg, does not remove it if it hangs over the edge of a table, can no longer 'give the paw' at word of command if able to do so before the operation, does not use it for scratching the ground, or holding a bone as formerly, lets it slip out when running on a smooth [Pg 33] surface or when shaking himself, etc., etc.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Row opens into Dilke Street
Paradise Row opens into Dilke Street, behind the pseudo-ancient block of houses on the Embankment.
— from Chelsea by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

rejoined Oh I dare say
One of Preston's dazzling smiles shone through his spectacles as he rejoined,— "Oh, I dare say he has bought sponge-cake and carried it home to Aunt Charlotte; but that's no sign he has bought it at Sharon.
— from Kittyleen Flaxie Frizzle Stories by Sophie May

risk of it doing so
The tile surface should not be permitted to dry while working upon it and if kept in a shallow tray of water there will be less risk of it doing so.
— from Color Cement Handicraft by Pedro J. (Pedro Joseph) Lemos

room opened into Delight s
As Mrs. Spencer's room opened into Delight's, she decided to give that to Marjorie, and take the guest room herself.
— from Marjorie's New Friend by Carolyn Wells

rear of it Daniel Sweetland
A dog-cart with a fine trotting horse in it swept along over the long, straight stretch to the Warren Inn, and some miles in the rear of it Daniel Sweetland’s wife followed behind.
— from The Poacher's Wife by Eden Phillpotts

record of its debates shows
The membership of this club included many of the leaders Of Kentucky's intellectual life, and the record of its debates shows the keenness with which they watched the course of social and political development not only in Kentucky but in the United States.
— from The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 by Theodore Roosevelt

resolution of interethnic disputes some
Albania the Albanian Government calls for the protection of the rights of ethnic Albanians in neighboring countries, and the peaceful resolution of interethnic disputes; some ethnic Albanian groups in neighboring countries advocate for a "greater Albania," but the idea has little appeal among Albanian nationals; the mass emigration of unemployed Albanians remains a problem for developed countries, chiefly Greece and Italy Algeria Algeria, and many other states, rejects Moroccan administration of Western Sahara; the Polisario Front, exiled in Algeria, represents the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic; Algeria's border with Morocco remains an irritant to bilateral relations, each nation accusing the other of harboring militants and arms smuggling; Algeria remains concerned about armed bandits operating throughout the Sahel who sometimes destabilize southern Algerian towns; dormant disputes include Libyan claims of about 32,000 sq km still reflected on its maps of southeastern Algeria and the FLN's assertions of a claim to Chirac Pastures in southeastern Morocco American Samoa Tokelau periodically asserts claims to American Samoa's Swains Island (Olohega), such as in its 2006 draft independence constitution Andorra none Angola Cabindan separatists continue to return to the Angolan exclave from exile in neighboring states and Europe since the 2006 ceasefire and peace agreement
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency


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