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travels he observed under some trees

As he was proceeding on his travels, he observed, under some trees ahead of him, a spark of fire emitted; he thought it was a glow-worm at first, but it was more like the striking of a flint against steel; and as he saw it a second time, he stopped that he might ascertain what it might be, before he advanced farther.
— from The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat

through his own unaided smartness they

They perhaps had their misgivings when the young man, in his well-blacked boots, his grey trowsers neatly fitting over them, and his diagonal coat buttoned high with one button, stood before them with his thumbs in his waistcoat pockets, and looked down over his mustache at the floor, with sentiments concerning their wisdom which they could not explore; they must have resented the fashionable keeping of everything about him, for Bartley wore his one suit as if it were but one of many; but when they understood that he had come by everything through his own unaided smartness, they could no longer hesitate.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, April 1884, No. 7 by Chautauqua Institution

the help of United States troops

The War Department advises me to have all in readiness to despatch troops by the river in case the governor of Texas calls for the help of United States troops."
— from Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants; or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

to his own use spending them

His intention evidently was to appropriate his wife's scanty earnings to his own use, spending them, of course, for drink.
— from Robert Coverdale's Struggle; Or, on the Wave of Success by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

the habit of using since the

I now proceed to remark, that the ambiguity spoken of, and the consequent perplexity in regard to the use and authority of reason, have arisen from the habit of using, since the time of Locke, the terms understanding and reason indiscriminately, and thus confounding a distinction clearly marked in the philosophy and in the language of the older writers.
— from Aids to Reflection; and, The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

the honor of Uncle Sam The

How the United States Navy experimented with aerial craft and what part our Dreadnought Boys played in the interesting, exciting campaign of innovation, our readers may learn by perusing the next volume of this series—a description of thrilling aerial adventures and perils for the honor of Uncle Sam— The Dreadnought Boys on Aero Service .
— from The Dreadnought Boys on a Submarine by John Henry Goldfrap

the hound of unsullied strain that

There is something so dignified and noble about the hound of unsullied strain that if you once see a good one you will not soon forget him.
— from Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton

to his own use sums that

At all events, as may have been suspected from his forced submission to the unpardonable insolence of the Adjutant, he had been deceiving the authorities as to the number and condition of the regiment, and applying to his own use sums that might need to be some day strictly accounted for.
— from Shoulder-Straps: A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Henry Morford

There high over us stands the

There, high over us, stands the Castle Keep as it stood in the days of the First Crusade.
— from A Garden of Peace: A Medley in Quietude by Frank Frankfort Moore

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