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sat there at table unable to eat
I remember, as I sat there at table, unable to eat, or even to swallow my coffee, that Cousin Theodora glanced compassionately at me, and Ellen and Addison curiously.
— from When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

such truck as that Uncle Tobey eh
“Ham, do you think I believe in any such truck as that? Uncle Tobey, eh?
— from The Motor Boat Club in Florida; or, Laying the Ghost of Alligator Swamp by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

stretched tight and tacked under the edges
Inside, swinging from the roof is a Coleman lantern and under it a big round table covered with a blanket stretched tight and tacked under the edges.
— from Loafing Along Death Valley Trails: A Personal Narrative of People and Places by William Caruthers

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