He was deathly afraid of crocodiles.

He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.

The velocity of flowing waters is very far from being in proportion to the quantity of declivity in their bed: […] .

While other schools of a similar nature were petitioning for endowments, employing agents to solicit funds, and, failing to receive, were obliged to close their doors, she, […] premonished on every side with assurances of failure, not only established a good school, but maintained it, and made it a remunerative enterprise and a recognized force in educational circles.