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swallowed up in the overpowering resentment

But all such passing weaknesses were swallowed up in the overpowering resentment which thirsted for revenge.
— from Neæra: A Tale of Ancient Rome by Graham, John W. (John William), active 1886-1887

shut up in their own room

The sisters were safely shut up in their own room—a large front room over the studio.
— from Mollie's Prince: A Novel by Rosa Nouchette Carey

summed up in the old rhyme

Another well-known belief is summed up in the old rhyme: "St Swithin's day if it do rain, for forty days it will remain."
— from Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme

smiling under its thatch of red

Through the back of his head the boy could see him—leaning his big body sidewise—craning his neck over the edge of the fuselage—his hand hovering over the bomb hanging near in its wire holder, his keen hard eyes calculating distance—his red brows knitted, his full mouth smiling under its thatch of red hair.
— from That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day by Richard Dehan

set up in the other rooms

The comfortable couch which the prefect had sent to Lochias for Pontius was carried into the Emperor's sleeping-room, and the camp-beds for Antinous and the suite were soon set up in the other rooms.
— from The Emperor — Volume 03 by Georg Ebers

stood upright in the open rifle

A round, plump body revolved from the partial shelter of the tree and stood upright in the open, rifle in hand and cap thrown back from a broad ruddy brow.
— from The Scouts of the Valley by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

shepherdesses unawares in thickets or rocky

The legend ran, I must add, if I am to be a faithful reporter, that Little Nick had sometimes taken shepherdesses unawares in thickets or rocky solitudes.
— from The Surprises of Life by Georges Clemenceau

Schoolcraft u is the Ojibwa representative

c , reproduced from Schoolcraft ( u ), is the Ojibwa representative figure or man.
— from Picture-Writing of the American Indians Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1893, pages 3-822 by Garrick Mallery

set up in the other rooms

The comfortable couch which the prefect had sent to Lochias for Pontius was carried into the Emperor’s sleeping-room, and the camp-beds for Antinous and the suite were soon set up in the other rooms.
— from The Emperor — Complete by Georg Ebers

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