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Sometimes the stems are quite bare; on other occasions they are partly branched; in any case the branches are short.

Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.

He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.

THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN

They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.

And since he was a very fast runner—for short distances—he met Grandfather Mole just as the old chap was crawling up the bank.

When the short-skirted, gossamer clad nymphs made their appearance on the stage they became restless and fidgety.

Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

The Alcalde remained kneeling for a short time by the side of the corpse, his lips moving in prayer.

It has long since dismissed as too short and simple for its pages, the short and simple annals of the poor.

If it should ever be my lot to take the Long Trail at short notice, I hope it will be under a blue sky and a blazing sun.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

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OCTOBER 26, 1985