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was running in this excited strain the

While talk was running in this excited strain the sound of a drum was heard coming through Cornhill.
— from Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 04 : Tales of Puritan Land by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner

with red in the Euphema splendida there

Thus, besides other strongly-marked differences, the whole under surface of the male King Lory ( Aprosmictus scapulatus ) is scarlet, whilst the throat and chest of the female is green tinged with red: in the Euphema splendida there is a similar difference, the face and wing-coverts moreover of the female being of a paler blue than in the male.
— from The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. II (1st Edition) by Charles Darwin

with rheumatics in the early spring the

When he was down with rheumatics in the early spring, the place had open doors to Davey.
— from The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard

with red in the Euphema splendida there

Thus, besides other strongly-marked differences, the whole under surface of the male King Lory (Aprosmictus scapulatus) is scarlet, whilst the throat and chest of the female is green tinged with red: in the Euphema splendida there is a similar difference, the face and wing coverts moreover of the female being of a paler blue than in the male.
— from The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin

would result in the engine striking the

To attempt to do so would result in the engine striking the Tank fairly on her side.
— from To the Fore with the Tanks! by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

was recovered in the early spring the

Sonntag's body was recovered in the early spring, the hut in which he died being found to be completely [167] covered with drifted snow, and he was buried on the desolate shores of Port Foulke.
— from True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by A. W. (Adolphus Washington) Greely

was rumored in the Eastern States that

It was rumored in the Eastern States that the red men were Mormons in disguise, following the tactics of the Anti-Renters of New York.
— from Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866-7 by Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir

who remains ignorant that even such things

Although he could not manage to recollect a single one of the hard names he heard, he surely was better off than a person who remains ignorant that even such things exist.
— from Digby Heathcote: The Early Days of a Country Gentleman's Son and Heir by William Henry Giles Kingston

weather rain in the evening so that

Tuesday 10th Snowed thick the forepart of the day but soft weather & rain in the evening so that the most of the snow had disappeared by night.— Wed.y.
— from The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914 by Various

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