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away my useless gun I set
Flinging away my useless gun, I set myself to do such a half-mile as I have never done before or since.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

a most unreasonable ghost if she
"Oh, no!" said Mr. Blake, to whom she imparted her fears; "I don't think she will, if you tell the truth; or, at all events, she will be a most unreasonable ghost if she does.
— from A Changed Heart: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

and make us grand in spite
Well, I won’t deny that Harry may make himself useful there: all I protest against is the idea that he will bundle us out of this dear old Friary, and make us grand, in spite of ourselves.”
— from Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey

a most useful guide in such
The Phase Rule of Willard Gibbs, especially as developed by Bakhuis Roozeboom, is a most useful guide in such investigations.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

are making unmistakable gains in sections
It is my feeling that we are making unmistakable gains in sections of the country where Democratic hopes never ran high before this time.
— from Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Tumulty

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