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schi with its savoury smell floating
"My brother Nicholai, sitting in his office, would dream of eating his own schi , with its savoury smell floating across the farmyard; and of eating out in the open air, and of sleeping in the sun, and of sitting for hours together on a seat by the gate and gazing at the field and the forest. — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
subject which is still slipping from
It is indeed very possible to adopt in a poem the unmeaning repetitions, habitual phrases, and other blank counters, which an unfurnished or confused understanding interposes at short intervals, in order to keep hold of his subject, which is still slipping from him, and to give him time for recollection; or, in mere aid of vacancy, as in the scanty companies of a country stage the same player pops backwards and forwards, in order to prevent the appearance of empty spaces, in the procession of Macbeth, or Henry VIII. — from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
settlers were in sore straits for
POCAHONTAS BRINGS FOOD TO THE COLONISTS Later, when the settlers were in sore straits for food, for they were improvident, and managed badly, Pocahontas, always generous and friendly, learning of their needs, came with her brother Nantaquaus and her Indians bringing corn, and kept them from starving, while their own was growing. — from The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith by E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd) Smith
sympathy with its subject still fresh
Having attempted a narrative of the intended description, but written, in fact, from the mere impulse of sympathy with its subject still fresh in my own and every pitying memory, it is natural that, after having made up my mind to assent to its publication, in which much time and thought has been expended in considering the responsibility of so doing, from so unpractised a pen, I should feel an increase of anxiety respecting its ultimate fate. — from Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter
Having discharged this shell, she waits in stony silence for a reply. — from Rossmoyne by Duchess
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