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"It is much the most complete and instructive school-book on Natural Philosophy that we have ever seen."— Christian Union, Louisville, Ky.
— from A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

shoulders cutting us like knives
We were crouched as low as possible in the canoe, yet now and then one of these, the very blade of the wave, struck us on the head or shoulders, cutting us like knives.
— from Summer Cruising in the South Seas by Charles Warren Stoddard

she could understand Lady Kitty
Then Lady Jane sang song after song, as if she had no listener; and as Pamela watched her, warmed with the emotion of the music, she felt that she could understand Lady Kitty's affection for the proud and cold woman.
— from The Quiver, 1/1900 by Anonymous

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