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• As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The exquisite pain and suffering endured previous to the use of anaesthetics often caused death by exhaustion. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• His last effort was made, when we had looked at our watches, and had got on our legs previous to taking leave. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Take at one dose at 10 o’clock in the morning, having eaten no breakfast and having taken a full dose of Rochelle salts the previous night. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Pasteur took up the study of anthrax in 1877, verified previous discoveries, and, as we shall see, sought means for the prevention of this pest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The twelve precious publications which I had scattered through the house, on the previous day; all returned to me by the doctor's orders! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He was anxious to see if she had relapsed since the previous evening. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Left the house early this morning, without the slightest previous communication with me,' replied Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Dorothea was hurt by this movement following up the previous anger of his tone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• As implied in a previous chapter, number relations are not clearly grasped by primitive races. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• They must tell their stories without any previous consultation with you, if none has yet taken place (another look at the jury). Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Three other engines competed with the Rocket, two of which had attained great speed on previous trials. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The office was on the ground floor, and had been a restaurant previous to its occupation by the Western Union Telegraph Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was but a short time thereafter that he solved the knotty problem by an invention mentioned in a previous chapter. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This meal over, she resumed honest Rawdon's calculations of the night previous, and surveyed her position. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They came into this inheritance of a previous civilization with the ideas and traditions of the woodlands still strong in their minds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In the previous chapter we found that the primary subject matter of knowing is that contained in learning how to do things of a fairly direct sort. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Is this our previous understanding? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Bounderby seemed agreeably surprised, notwithstanding his previous strong conviction. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• His frenzy of the previous day had all calmed down. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The three Polos started by way of Palestine and not by the Crimea, as in the previous expedition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A fine blush having succeeded the previous paleness of her face, he was justified in his belief of her equal improvement in health and beauty. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She had gone off with a man, and the man was either a lover or was a previous husband--the chances being in favour of the latter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The play was the main point; a month's previous drilling being there required. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was untouched like the previous sum, and he refolded it in the same way. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• As to sleep, I had dreams of poverty in all sorts of shapes, but I seemed to dream without the previous ceremony of going to sleep. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• In the previous century Mayow had obtained nitric oxide by treating iron with nitric ac id. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• After what has been said in previous chapters, it will not seem so strange that Edison should have hundreds of dormant inventions on his hands. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Considering the risk that person ran, it's likely enough that Mr. Luker purposely misled you, by previous arrangement between them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He continued, uttering each word distinctly, calmly, steadily, but not loudly-- It simply consists in the existence of a previous marriage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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