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• Well, well--no sense of shame--no sense of shame And Miss Pinnegar padded out of the room Alvina walked down to Lumley and was shown the site and was introduced to Mr. May. He bowed to her in his best American fashion, and treated her with admirable American deference Don't you think," he said to her, "it's an admirable scheme Wonderful," she replied Of cauce," he said, "the erection will be a merely temporary one. —  The Lost Girl
• That huge canvas erection was a mining exchange; that great log barn a dance-hall. —  The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance
• This erection was connected with the shore by a stage or "wherry" erected on piles. —  Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
• The first erection was a hideous temporary structure of iron, which speedily became known as the "Brompton Boilers," and this was handed over to the Science and Art Department. —  The Kensington District The Fascination of London
• I had the good fortune to be present at the clearing of a part of the arena of this colossal erection, and witnessed the disclosure of paintings which had not seen the light for above seventeen hundred years. —  Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3)

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