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they had raided upon the coast had
Tribes they had raided upon the coast had spoken of the white men that could slay at a distance.
— from The Fire-Gods: A Tale of the Congo by Charles Gilson

tremor here ran up the Chinatown hill
The tremor here ran up the Chinatown hill and shook down part of the crazy buildings on its southern edge.
— from The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire by Charles Morris

that had raked up the crops heaped
This same Dudaim it was that had raked up the crops, heaped sand over the amber, made the storm, and dropped the frog into my daughter her lap; item , carried off her old goodman through the air.
— from Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2 by Wilhelm Meinhold

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