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a biggish boy and should in spite
Three or four years more passed by, and I had become a biggish boy, and should, in spite of Jack’s efforts, have been soon turned into a Dutchman, when my kind friends determined to return to Europe.
— from Won from the Waves by William Henry Giles Kingston

all business but a spirit is shown
I do not mean by this that the contentions of the American Embassy are always met by speedy concessions, for among the most trying of all things in diplomatic dealings with that country are the long delays in all business; but a spirit is shown which, in the long run, serves the purpose of our representative as regards most questions.
— from Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White

and blinded by a sight I see
And as I looked on my eyes wuz almost stunted and blinded by a sight I see.
— from Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Marietta Holley

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