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tough sides and render it still more savage
But Amos could not manage it, for the creature lashed about so furiously that, although he made repeated attempts, he failed to do more than prick its tough sides and render it still more savage.
— from The World of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

tough sides and render it still more savage
But Amos could not manage it, for the creature lashed about so furiously that, although he made repeated attempts, he failed to do more than prick its tough sides, and render it still more savage.
— from The World of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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