Next, curious to explore, I wander'd where Our injur'd countrymen imprison'd are, Some closely coop'd in the unwelcome town; Some in dark dungeons held ignobly down; Gage holds them there, and all recess denies, For 'tis in these the coward's safety lies; Were these once out, how would our troops consign Each licens'd robber to the gulphy brine, Or drive them foaming to the ships for aid, To beg of stormy Greaves to cannonade, And midnight vengeance point, like Vandeput, Voiding his hell-hounds to their devilish glut.
— from The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 1 (of 3) by Philip Morin Freneau
Facing the pole of the magnet is a soft iron diaphragm D, held in a frame or mouthpiece T.
— from The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering by T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor) Sloane
"Gee, it sure is different down here, isn't it?"
— from Dave Dawson in Libya by Robert Sidney Bowen
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