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• A lemon or two would be a great blessing Ralph Barclay He then tore out the leaf, folded, and directed it to the head of the English ambulance, Orleans How is he to know the English ambulance It has a red cross on a white ground, as all the others have; and an English flag--that is, a flag with red and white stripes going from corner to corner, and crossing each other in the middle. —  The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War
• He sat with his legs crossed and his hands folded, and a cup of spiced wine stood by his elbow on a bracket on the wall. —  The Short-story
• The busy hands were soon to be folded, the heavy eyelids forever closed, the weary feet were hastening to their rest The spring of 1863 found Miss Ross still occupied in the weary round of her labors at the hospital. —  Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
• Your hands are folded, my beloved, and your dear eyes they are closed; and yet you see the beauteous sights that skirt the journey through the mists of Balow. —  The Holy Cross and Other Tales
• The white cap tied under her chin, the hands folded--the perfect silence in and about the room--it was like as if she had lain down to rest, calmly and alone, in her solitary house, and in her sleep the spirit had flown away;--away into the glorious company of angels and archangels, never to be alone any more But it was not so. —  Agatha's Husband A Novel

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