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It was constructed of stone, and was evidently built from European designs.
— from By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
If Vyner and Grenfell were not very much alike in tastes, temperament, and condition, Grenfell and the German governess were positively antipathies; nor was their war a secret or a smouldering fire, but a blaze, to which each brought fuel every day, aiding the combustion by every appliance of skill and ingenuity.
— from Luttrell Of Arran by Charles James Lever
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