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ug sisi ang gapnud Small oysters

Gitaptan ug sisi ang gapnud, Small oysters were attached to the driftwood.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

until suddenly a great sense of

Barbara gazed silently at the couple, until suddenly a great sense of loneliness overcame her, and her eyes darkened with a mist of tears.
— from Barbara Winslow, Rebel by Beth Ellis

usually send a good shower of

They say, that after the Hagges are gone from Mina to Mecca, God doth usually send a good shower of rain to wash away the filth and dung of the sacrifices there slain; and also that those vast numbers of little stones, which I told you the Hagges throw in defiance of the devil, are all carried away by the angels before the year comes about again.
— from Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

upon seals and gems standing on

Her figure is often seen upon seals and gems, standing on the top of the rock or mountain, with guardian lions in attendance, one on either side, and sometimes with a male votary in the background.
— from The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie

unaffected simplicity and good sense of

Amidst his many great and good qualities, there is none for which Sir Walter Scott was more admirable than the unaffected simplicity and good sense of his character, which led him to continue through life utterly unspotted by vanity, and unchanged by an amount of adulation from the most fascinating quarters, which would probably have turned the head of any other man.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 407, September, 1849 by Various

unknowing stare and go shudderingly off

She would come out of her faint for a moment, give us an unknowing stare and go shudderingly off again.
— from Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

United States a graduated scale of

The object of the proposed legislation is, in brief, to enable the Executive to apply, as the case may require, to any or all commodities, whether or not on the free list from a country which discriminates against the United States, a graduated scale of duties up to the maximum Of 25 per cent ad valorem provided in the present law.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

up stage a good start of

Giving the up stage a good start of us, we resaddled and started for Oakville, slightly crestfallen but still confident.
— from A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams

up sputtering and grumbling sleepily Oh

Dick jumped up, sputtering and grumbling sleepily, “Oh, cheese it, Jimmie!
— from Wild Roses: A Tale of the Rockies by Howard R. (Howard Roscoe) Driggs

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