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a little coin one penny or perhaps
She hoped she might find something, not a purse full, because she would have to try to find the owner, but just a little coin, one penny, or perhaps ten cents.
— from Nobody's Girl (En Famille) by Hector Malot

a large class of plays often popular
There is, indeed, a large class of plays, often popular, and sometimes meritorious, in relation to which the architectural metaphor entirely breaks down.
— from Play-Making: A Manual of Craftsmanship by William Archer

any litle carde or piece of paper
Cartúccia, any litle carde or piece of paper.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio

a long curling ostrich plume of pure
His hat bore a long curling ostrich plume of pure white and he doffed it graciously in answer to the shouts of the people.
— from Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden

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