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• We found inscriptions in English--very rudely lettered--on many of the lodges and totem poles: "In memory of" some one or another chief or notable red-man. —  Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska
• He's not what I call a very friendly man," she murmured She told Mr. Jerry all about it that afternoon when she ran over to see how George Washington was doing as a boarder. —  Mary Rose of Mifflin
• But he was still at least fifty paces from the rocks, when he found that the elephants were within half that distance of him,--one very large animal, and three smaller,--all in a row, as if determined that he should not escape, snorting so tremendously that he was quite stunned with the noise That's what I call a very pretty position," observed the Major. —  The Mission; or Scenes in Africa
• It is, most probably, built entirely upon the name of the damsel who was said to have met with the untimely and unnatural fate so well depicted by the Poet The name of Dryope comes, very probably, from the Greek word an oak,’ which tree has a considerable resemblance to the lotus tree. —  The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations
• I was at first unable to identify the writer of a whole series of letters in French, very affectionate and intimate letters, usually unsigned, occasionally signed 'B.' —  Figures of Several Centuries

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