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spent hours of restless tossing in a
What a terrible night I spent; hours of restless tossing in a comfortable bed, hours of self-reproach, and despair, until at last I fell asleep.
— from Victor Victorious by Cecil Starr Johns

same habit of raising themselves in a
The sea-lions and seals have the same habit of raising themselves in a semi-erect position in the water, and the intelligent aspect of their faces gives them at a little distance a close resemblance to human beings—a resemblance often equally striking when they are seen recumbent on the rocks.
— from Myth-Land by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme

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