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May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
The left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
His strong legs and his broad, spade-like feet helped to make him a fine swimmer.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
The wave-like movement of these animals is particularly graceful and cleverly done.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT
These dreamy, Madonna-like beauties are the result of the most severe and protracted study.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT
Rarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
The building, a mosque-like structure of considerable size, was situated in the midst of a grove of mango trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
The individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
Spite, however, of punishments and prohibitions the use of tobacco spread with the rapidity of lightning.
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