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words his enraged enemies seize him
At these words his enraged enemies seize him and put him to a death of horrible torture, but he smiles in their faces as he tells them the sweetness of such a sacrifice for his master.
— from Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Alice Mabel Bacon

When had Elizabeth Eliza seen him
When had Elizabeth Eliza seen him last?
— from The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin by Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale

with his evasiveness ever since he
Kirkwood was suddenly impressed with his evasiveness; ever since he had entered the room, his countenance had seemed turned from the guest.
— from The Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance

while her earnest eyes searched her
Suzanna asked, the while her earnest eyes searched her mother's face.
— from Suzanna Stirs the Fire by Emily Calvin Blake

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