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a LEAD is similar to a raffle
In every other respect a LEAD is similar to a raffle; songs, dances, drinking, and a general desire to increase the bastardy averages being the most conspicuous features of the entertainment.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

and losses in skirmishing to a remnant
His force had dwindled from cold, dispersion, and losses in skirmishing to a remnant of less than 3000 men, but he still possessed several guns.
— from Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812 by Edward (Edward A.) Foord

anything less in size than a railway
I had had no idea that anything less in size than a railway engine could be so heavy.
— from My Friend the Chauffeur by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

as landowners in Suffolk to a Robert
John Cobbold (1746-1835) traced back his family in the direct line as landowners in Suffolk to a Robert Cobbold, who died in 1603.
— from The History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold

at least it seems to a reader
So at least it seems to a reader not unversed in attempts to fit the classical poets with an English rendering.
— from Adventures Among Books by Andrew Lang

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