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Other than ground-wire trolleys, there were no powered vehicles within the administration perimeter.
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"We'll have to have a regular schedule -- gasoline, switch, ground-wire, pet-cocks primed -- oil cups up, and all that sort of thing," murmured Cora as they glided swiftly onward.
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The cable-cart may have its uses; but many a score of worn-out staff-officers must have blessed the grass fire which has destroyed the ground-wire in their rear, and thus given them a few hours of unbroken rest.
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It was to him, however, like a ground-wire in telegraphy -- it carried off the nervous force tingling in him and driving him to impulsive action, while his reputation called for a constant outward urbanity, a philosophical apathy.
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It was to him, however, like a ground-wire in telegraphy -- it carried off the nervous force tingling in him and driving him to impulsive action, while his reputation called for a constant outward urbanity, a philosophical apathy.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 2
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Sagalac woods, to the ravishing deserter from her people, to the only woman who had told him the truth in all his life, and who insulated his magnetism as a ground-wire insulates lightning.
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Sagalac woods, to the ravishing deserter from her people, to the only woman who had told him the truth in all his life, and who insulated his magnetism as a ground-wire insulates lightning.
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He would play it to her -- to the girl who had set him free in the Sagalac woods, to the ravishing deserter from her people, to the only woman who had told him the truth in all his life, and who insulated his magnetism as a ground-wire insulates lightning.
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It was to him, however, like a ground-wire in telegraphy -- it carried off the nervous force tingling in him and driving him to impulsive action, while his reputation called for a constant outward urbanity, a philosophical apathy.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete
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Then, to the ends of the copper wire of the main coil fasten two wires, -- one for the line, the other for the "ground-wire."
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated
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