gleanings

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The vessels he would admit would be but the gleanings, after British cruisers had reaped the ocean field.

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  • As there still remain among the papers of my friend some curious gleanings which, though in the abundance of our materials I have not hitherto found a place for them, are too valuable towards the illustration of his character to be lost, I shall here, in selecting them for the reader, avail myself of the opportunity of trespassing, for the last time, on his patience with a few general remarks. —  Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6)
  • While the others use their aprons doubled up to form sacks for their gleanings, she holds her grain in her hand. —  Jean Francois Millet
  • We conduct excavations at each of these at various seasons of the year, and the gleanings are shipped to the home museum of Wanderers, Inc. here in Boston, where they are classified, catalogued and offered for re-sale to museums and institutions of learning all over the nation Ham was, or pretended to be impressed. —  156 - Se-Pah-Poo
  • I have had many reasons to thank the librarians of New York, Boston, and Washington, and also those of Harvard, Columbia, and Cornell universities for courtesies and for serviceable aid; and just as many reasons to regret the meagreness of what can be put between two covers as the gleanings from so rich a harvest. —  Charles the Bold
  • SyFy gleanings: News about the 'Battlestar' film, a 'Caprica' challenge, the 'Eureka' love-fest and more
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