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Word: motionless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...around. The road was narrow, and I had to back. The gray old patriarch, in attempting the reverse motion, could not manage his huge feet, tripped, sat on his haunches a moment dejectedly, then helplessly rolled over on his side, drew a long breath, closed his eyes, and lay motionless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY AUNTS VIEWS. | 12/20/1877 | See Source »

...Sundays has lately given rise to considerable annoyance; not patient enough to take their place in line and ask in their turn for their letters, they must needs elbow their way up to the front and get some friend to ask for them. The line is thus often kept motionless for two or three minutes, while one man is asking for the host of friends standing around. The matter seems scarcely worth calling attention to, since it is presumably the result of thoughtlessness, and not of a determination to be ungentlemanly. Still, those who have before acted in this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS AT THE POST-OFFICE. | 3/9/1877 | See Source »

...great, round, motionless eyes, Zimine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 2/13/1874 | See Source »

...from under these motionless eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 2/13/1874 | See Source »

...Hang motionless upon the view...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN A HAMMOCK. | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

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