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Jos lifted himself on his elbow, and fixing his shining eyes on Ramona, said in Spanish, "My mother asks if you are travellers?"

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

We must make more—much more—elbow room before the Turks get help from Asia or Constantinople.

Having paused a few seconds to recover breath, he brushed his hat with his elbow, and declared himself ready.

Just try it once, and you'll see how ingenious it is—only one must be careful not to throw out the elbow in turning out the wrist.

Lettice raised herself suddenly on her elbow and looked down at him with earnestness.

THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD

Abraham sighed and drew his sleeve across his mouth from the elbow to the tips of his fingers.

With these words the matron dropped into her chair, and, once more resting her elbow on the table, thought of her solitary fate.

Then a sudden sound sent him on to one elbow—the thud of an approaching horse's hoofs.

Should the coating crack at the knee or elbow joints, it is merely necessary to retouch it slightly at those places.

A moment later there was Something nearly at his left elbow, and he smelt again the nameless, fœtid reek.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985