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there I made sure of recovering them
If the beasts had been driven in there I made sure of recovering them, but I presently noticed that the spoor led away along a ridge to the left, skirting the kloof, and descending to a wide wooded valley which ran into the bush.
— from Tales from the Veld by Ernest Glanville

time I mention Say on replied the
“During the time I mention.” “Say on,” replied the Countess, laconically.
— from The Wolf-Leader by Alexandre Dumas

think is move sure of retaining the
Nevertheless, it appears to have sold better than the former, and I think is move sure of retaining the ground that it acquires.
— from A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop

that it might savour of repetition to
Now ensued a second conflict, so like the former, that it might savour of repetition to relate it minutely.
— from Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 by Henry Fielding

that I made some onnecessary remarks ter
“Say, tenderfoot,” he said, keeping his eyes on the ground, “I allows that I made some onnecessary remarks ter you a while ago.
— from Frank Merriwell's New Comedian; Or, The Rise of a Star by Burt L. Standish

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