Example Sentences

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I am spading up my little garden, and hope to raise a few vegetables to eke out a miserable subsistence for my family.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

The weather is fine, and I am spading up my little garden.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp