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  • Also, I can totally relate to Neb's comment on losing that sense of wonder by holing up too much.

    "SL is killing me" Bettina Tizzy 2009

  • Neb's voice came from the dim interior, muffled and skeptical.

    In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

  • Neb's worry and insubordination had filled him with the keenest apprehension.

    In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

  • They heard Neb's excited voice out in the corridor, and, an instant later, the old darkey hurried in.

    In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

  • Layson, startled by the unexpected sound of the familiar voice there in the wilderness, rushed from the door, took Neb's trembling hand and led him to the cabin.

    In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

  • The Colonel, laughing, approached the girl with outstretched hand; Neb, relieved, dived through the stable door; Miss Alathea, who had been under a great strain while the dramatic little scene had been in progress, dropped limply on Neb's bench.

    In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

  • More than the droop which had been in Neb's shoulders now oppressed the horseman's.

    In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

  • Holton's coming, old Neb's arrival, and his raking up of ancient scores against the lowland maiden's father, his meeting with Joe Lorey and the latter's treatment of him, had wrought him to a pitch of mild excitement.

    In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

  • A dim blackness ahead already revealed the nearness of the southern bank, when Neb's pony went down suddenly, swept fairly off its legs by some fierce eddy in the stream.

    Keith of the Border Randall Parrish 1890

  • As he struggled to his knees, Neb's black face peering past him into the lighted interior, he seemed to perceive in one swift, comprehensive glance, every revealed detail.

    Keith of the Border Randall Parrish 1890

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