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... wife had been stirring for some hours, and in emptying the pockets of her good man's coat she had found three huge cairngorms of exquisite tint and lustre. Brockburn thus discovered the value of the gifts, half of which he ...

— Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales • Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

... of nearly emptying his glass, and Neville follows it. Edwin Drood says, 'Thank you both very much,' and follows ...

— The Mystery of Edwin Drood • Charles Dickens

... feet, for thousands of feet from the grassy surface of the prairie, was a moving cloud of snow, which fell only as the very tempest itself became over-burdened with it. As the storm continued, it always grew cold; for it was the North emptying itself into the South. I knew what the blizzard was; and my breath caught as I thought of Virginia, in what I knew must be a ...

— Vandemark's Folly • Herbert Quick

... said the lady, laughing, "if that is the case, I think I had better buy them all." So, emptying all the fossils out of his basket, she put half ...

— The Parent's Assistant • Maria Edgeworth

... beautiful savannahs in the island. It is an extensive plain, from one to three miles wide, and about six miles long. The Plantain Garden River, a small stream, winds through the midst of the valley lengthwise, emptying into the sea. Passing through the valley, we went a few miles south of it to call on Alexander Barclay, Esq., to whom we had a letter of introduction. Mr. Barclay is a prominent member of the assembly, and an attorney for eight estates. He ...

— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society

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