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at length liberated but under sentence
Nothing, however, occurred; and Meg was at length liberated, but under sentence of banishment from the county as a vagrant, common thief, and disorderly person.
— from Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete by Walter Scott

a law long before Universal Suffrage
It was fighting the devil with fire, I suppose; but self-preservation was a law long before Universal Suffrage was heard of.
— from The Voice of the People by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

any love lost between us said
"There was never any love lost between us," said Hunston moodily; "we hated each other most cordially from boyhood.
— from Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece by Bracebridge Hemyng

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