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scattering instructive leaflets about promiscuously and prematurely
Over these he pondered and pored until all hours every night; and the diary had now to be girt about with two stout rubber bands to keep it from scattering instructive leaflets about promiscuously and prematurely.
— from Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various

sink into laziness and poverty again PETER
He did not wish to sink into laziness and poverty again. PETER PETERSEN.
— from Stories of American Life and Adventure by Edward Eggleston

stay in London as pleasant as possible
Dr. Bowring was a member of Parliament, and he took me to the House of Commons, introduced me to a number of the members, got me into the House of Lords, and did all in his power to make my stay in London as pleasant as possible.
— from Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker

snapping it like a pipestem and pinning
A bough of the falling tree alighted on his right leg, snapping it like a pipestem, and pinning him down in the snow.
— from The Lady of North Star by Ottwell Binns

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