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I have found particularly that natural history was delightful to them; I think that that has an especial tendency to take their minds off their work, which is what I always try to do, not ambitiously, but reposingly.
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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The tossing arms were crossed reposingly over the pulseless bosom, -- the restless limbs were rigid as stone.
Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Caroline Lee Hentz 1828
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