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sun and grew greener every day
Separated from it by a very absurd and useless ditch, a Green Shamrock spread its trefoil leafage to the sun, and grew greener every day.
— from Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870 by Various

swoop a great golden eagle dashed
Just then, with a sudden swoop, a great golden eagle dashed down upon the preoccupied cheetah, and buried his talons in the leopard’s head.
— from Historic Girls: Stories Of Girls Who Have Influenced The History Of Their Times by Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter) Brooks


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