"samuda" hidden in books

spent a most unhappy day and

Needless to add, then, that he spent a most unhappy day and sleepless night.
— from The Disputed V.C.: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny by Frederick P. Gibbon

sat a man uniformed decorated and

By him sat a man uniformed, decorated, and emerald-plumed also, but many years younger.
— from The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett

shamefully and most undeservedly disgraced and

Their elder sister was shamefully and most undeservedly disgraced, and this man had had something,—they knew not what,—to do with it.
— from He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope

supper and most unquestionably dreams are

Notwithstanding this rule of health, it is nevertheless true that many persons sleep more soundly after a hearty supper; and, most unquestionably, dreams are more frequent towards morning than in the beginning of the night.
— from Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

stared at me upside down as

A pencil scrawl stared at me, upside down, as I gripped the lower flap of the envelope unconsciously, under the ball of my big thumb.
— from The La Chance Mine Mystery by Susan Morrow Jones

sir as my uncle directed and

"I got out the papers, sir, as my uncle directed, and burnt them, as he desired.
— from May Brooke by Anna Hanson Dorsey

silent as men usually do at

He had started a grumble at being overworked (he was just off duty and smelt potently of the stable), but sat silent as men usually do at the first scrape of the razor.
— from The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales by Arthur Quiller-Couch

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