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The sword-form called Lizard in the Thornbush should have done for the other two, but that first fallen Trolloc, thrashing still, half-kicked his foot out from under him, and he staggered, his blade only scoring a slice along his target's mail, right into the path of the second Trolloc as it fell, wolf's muzzle snapping at nothing.
The Shadow Rising Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1992
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State House in Thornbush two hundred feet long, the first
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If on the old Thornbush moon old Herschel with his reflector could see a town-house two hundred feet long, on the Brick Moon young Herschel will be able to see a dab of mortar a foot and a half long, if he wants to.
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As John Farrar taught us when all this began, -- and as I have said already, -- if there were a State House in Thornbush two hundred feet long, the first Herschel would have seen it.
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At five thousand miles the MOON showed as large as a circle two miles and a third in diameter would have shown on old Thornbush, as we always called her older sister.
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Rosse's statement is, that with his reflector he can see objects on old Thornbush two hundred and fifty-two feet long.
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Thornbush much smaller objects than such a circle as I have named.
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Now, you know, dear reader, that the gigantic reflector of Lord Rosse, and the exquisite fifteen-inch refractors of the modern observatories, eliminate from the chaotic rubbish-heap of the surface of old Thornbush much smaller objects than such a circle as I have named.
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We longed for an eclipse of Thornbush by B. M., but no such lucky chance is on the cards in any place accessible to us for many years.
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Lord Rosse's statement is, that with his reflector he can see objects on old Thornbush two hundred and fifty-two feet long.
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