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Office sailor though he was, Blair Elliston commanded the respect of even the roughest of his polyglot crews—a respect not wholly uncommingled with fear.

From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

This he elucidated by recognising that the flora and fauna on the two sides of the line, close though these islands approached each other, were absolutely different and had remained for ages uncommingled.

From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 by Marchant, James