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  • In the July heat and raftery midsummer dark the memory

    The Best American Poetry 2008 2008

  • The thin old wooden walls that shut out the glare of the sun transmitted an intensified warmth; the roof seemed to hover lower and lower, and in its coal-smoked, raftery hollow to generate a heat deadlier than that poured upon it from the skies.

    Their Wedding Journey William Dean Howells 1878

  • The thin old wooden walls that shut out the glare of the sun transmitted an intensified warmth; the roof seemed to hover lower and lower, and in its coal-smoked, raftery hollow to generate a heat deadlier than that poured upon it from the skies.

    Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. politics/blog; living = 1; politics = 1; nickname = miriam-raftery; entry_id = 57204",

    Miriam Raftery: Too Hot to Handle? 2007

  • HPConfig. blog_id = 0; var ads_page_type = 'bpage'; var zone_info = "huffpost. politics/blog; living = 1; politics = 1; nickname = miriam-raftery; entry_id = 57204"; if (top!

    Miriam Raftery: Too Hot to Handle? 2007

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