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  • Silently damning the system of small-gauge canals, he assumed an attitude of patience, while Boyle continued to speak, half aloud, and then to read his letter.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • “First the small-gauge canals and now this marvelous invention to defeat the British!”

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • “I think he attended the lecture,” said Holland, and to Mary he added, “Mr. Boyle gave a lecture at the Académie des sciences on his plan for small-gauge canals.”

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • A small-gauge steam-powered train awaited us in Puno.

    One From The Hart Stefanie Powers 2010

  • As sporting clays guns evolve, two trends stand out: the shift to autoloaders and the popularity of small-gauge guns.

    Hot Shots 2008

  • “First the small-gauge canals and now this marvelous invention to defeat the British!”

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • Silently damning the system of small-gauge canals, he assumed an attitude of patience, while Boyle continued to speak, half aloud, and then to read his letter.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • For years, every time I talked to any shotshell maker, I put in my plug for small-gauge steel loads.

    Winchester Small-Gauge Steel 2008

  • It would have been the perfect opportunity to refine his ideas on small-gauge canals… and to explain them to anyone who could understand his appalling French.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • Rebecca dug around inside until she came up with the wood stock to what must have been a small-gauge rifle.

    Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010

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