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In the lulls they could hear the water streaming off at the side-walls with the noise of small cataracts.
CHAPTER 4 2010
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We shrank back against the side-walls, where we were almost out of range.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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Precipitous side-walls mark abrupt changes in local relief, often from 300 to 600 meters.
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Precipitous side-walls mark abrupt changes in local relief, often of 1000 to 2000 feet or more.
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The Emperor took no notice of these signs of human misery, and three stories or ranges of dungeons had been already passed, ere the father and daughter arrived at the lowest story of the building, the base of which was the solid rock, roughly carved, upon which were erected the side-walls and arches of solid but unpolished marble.
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Precipitous side-walls mark abrupt changes in local relief, often of 1,000 to 2,000 feet or more.
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The two solid side-walls of the archway were covered, to a height of six feet, with a permanent dado of mud formed of the splashes from the gutter; for, in those days, the foot passenger had no protection from the constant traffic of vehicles and from what was called the kicking of the carts, but curbstones placed upright at intervals, and much ground away by the naves of the wheels.
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Where we sat, the side-walls were WAINSCOTTED, as Dr
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Moreover, the rain (which falls at stated intervals) coming always from the North, is an additional assistance; and in the towns we have the guidance of the houses, which of course have their side-walls running for the most part North and South, so that the roofs may keep off the rain from the North.
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They were all open in front; their highly-polished floors and passages looked like still water; the kakemonos, or wall-pictures, on their side-walls were extremely beautiful; and their mats were very fine and white.
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004
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