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Here for five days, by the sparkling waters of the Shenandoah, the wearied soldiers rested, while their indefatigable leader employed ruse after ruse to delude the enemy.
— from Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War by G. F. R. (George Francis Robert) Henderson
The third is less easily recognized as pyroxene, another of the many minerals containing iron.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1899 Volume LIV, No. 4, February 1899 by Various
There is little enough romance attached to crime.
— from The Substitute Prisoner by Max Marcin
The institution, in addition to its land endowment, receives annual assistance from the federal government and a biennial appropriation from the state legislature.
— from A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 by Ithamar Howell
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