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Would Davis and Lee conclude that he could endure the strains of long marches, of cold bivouacs, of far-spread battle-fields?
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Would Davis and Lee conclude that he could endure the strains of long marches, of cold bivouacs, of far-spread battlefields?
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Look out and see the world -- a grand Pandora's box of wickedness -- a great battle-field of clashing passions and warring interests -- a far-spread scene of sensualism and selfishness, in which woman herself acts a conspicuous part.
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He walked on beneath the stately elms, their far-spread branches whispering as he passed, for they knew well his step, and wondered that it hurried so.
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While here, the Eighty-sixth was continually exposed to the fire of the enemy's sharpshooters, who occupied a position on the highest and most abrupt portions of the Rocky Face Ridge, from whence they viewed us, on the far-spread plain below, as mere Lilliputians of
History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service
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He retired with his experience into Yorkshire, drew a small brotherhood about him, and in a short time became the revered and beloved founder of the numerous and far-spread sect of _Whiningtonians_!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843
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The unusual excellence of the romance brought to the writer far-spread praise and popularity, and he became at length recognized as a foremost
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As ur-phenomenal types we may name among the birds the eagle, clothed in its dry, silicic plumage, hovering with far-spread wings in the heights of the atmosphere, united with the expanses of space through its far-reaching sight; among the ruminants, the cow, lying heavily on the ground of the earth, given over entirely to the immensely elaborated sulphurous process of its own digestion.
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With the almost disappointed thing of might purring tamely along through the far-spread town, and then on through level ways of beauty, leading the way to Gotham, Dorothy found that she was still clinging fast to Jerold's arm, after nearly ten minutes of peace.
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When we had sufficiently delighted ourselves with the far-spread scene, we descended by a winding path through the woods and down the almost perpendicular rock.
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