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am most anxious in my own name
The Prince of Wales, in replying to the address, said:— "Ladies and Gentlemen,—I am most anxious, in my own name, and also in that of the Princess, to acknowledge the most cordial and kind words of the address which we have just heard read by the Vestry Clerk, and also for the kind expressions which have fallen from Mr. Murdoch.
— from Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by King of Great Britain Edward VII

annual meetings and invited men of note
We formerly celebrated our annual meetings and invited men of note.
— from A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock

and mysterious and it made one nervous
The crevices in the ice yawned deep and blue and mysterious, and it made one nervous to traverse them.
— from A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain

and meaningless and its monks of no
Hakuin similarly taught that a Zen which ignored society was hollow and meaningless, and its monks of no use to anybody.
— from The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover

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