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It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.

It is to be feared that the attractions of the house-dinner were not the sole inducement to many of those sitting there.

He chiefly divided his time between the House of Lords and sitting at home, lamenting over his own ill-starred existence.

ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOOD

In the centre of the room is an oval table; some dozen men are sitting at it; as many more stand behind their chairs.

Outside the hotel he came upon the two sisters sitting on a bench and drinking coffee.

We (the officers) were sitting in a circle round the general and Alcalde, both of whom appeared uneasy and anxious.

Beneath its far-flung branches a syce was sitting in front of a finely-proportioned and unusually big Arab horse.

When you think of the number of people who suffered and died—or adapted—so that I could be sitting here now.

SENSE OF OBLIGATIONHENRY MAXWELL DEMPSEY (AKA HARRY HARRISON)

On the next afternoon, at a quarter-past two, Hilda and Janet were sitting together in the breakfast-room.

As it came near, it proved to be the clock, with a sail hoisted, and the Goblin sitting complacently in the stern.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985