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There stood this pair, or sometimes they moved to and fro; my brother, an even greater man than he used to be, with the wolfskin girt about him and the club, Watcher-of-the-Fords, which he alone could wield, upon his shoulder, and Nada, grown lovelier even than she was of old, so lovely, Macumazahn, that my heart rose into my throat when I saw her and stopped my breath.
— from She and Allan by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
These latter can be supplied at no great length even to those who are unacquainted with Swift's biography.
— from A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by George Saintsbury
I made light of this hunting trip in which it had turned out I had no gun, no horse, no blankets, no rain-proof tent, no adequate amount of food supplies, and no good luck, except the wonderful good luck of being well, of seeing a magnificent country, of meeting some more fine westerners.
— from Tales of lonely trails by Zane Grey
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