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Examples
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Then he loosened Tippet's shirt at the throat and when the water was brought, threw a cupful in the man's face.
Out of Time's Abyss Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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This was a new menace that threatened them, something that they couldn't explain; and so, naturally, it aroused within them superstitious fear which Tippet's attitude only tended to augment.
Out of Time's Abyss Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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Tippet's body to its gaping jaws, which closed with a sickening, crunching sound as Tippet's bones cracked beneath the great teeth.
Out of Time's Abyss Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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The dragon paid no further attention to him, however, for Tippet's sudden break for liberty had attracted its attention; and after Tippet it went, bowling over small trees, uprooting underbrush and leaving a wake behind it like that of a small tornado.
Out of Time's Abyss Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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It was an arduous and gruesome job extricating Tippet's mangled remains from the powerful jaws, the men working for the most part silently.
Out of Time's Abyss Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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The clocks were striking nine when Frank issued from Miss Tippet's dwelling and walked briskly away.
Fighting the Flames 1859
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Without waiting for a reply she too bounded out of bed like an indiarubber ball, and seeing (for there was always a night-light in the room) that Miss Tippet's face was as white as her night-dress, she attempted to shriek, but failed, owing to a lump of some kind that had got somehow into her throat, and which refused to be swallowed on any terms.
Fighting the Flames 1859
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Miss Tippet's heart was animated with feelings of love to God and man; and she had that day, in obedience to the Divine precept, attempted and accomplished a good many little things, all of which were, either directly or indirectly, calculated to make human beings happy.
Fighting the Flames 1859
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Miss Tippet's only weakness -- for she was indeed a most estimable woman -- was a tendency to allow rank and position to weigh too much in her esteem.
Fighting the Flames 1859
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She had been Miss Tippet's confidential servant before entering the service of Mr Auberly, and her extremely short stay in Beverly Square had not altered that condition.
Fighting the Flames 1859
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