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and palaces and rare exotic luxuries
Her argosies still brought to her every pomp and glory of vestment with which to array her body sumptuously; her lovers lavished on her gold and jewels and palaces and rare exotic luxuries.
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

and public and respects elementary liberties
Thus association must be dear to the state as individual liberty; and provided that any particular association is peaceful and public, and respects elementary liberties, and has no immoral end in view, the state must allow it perfect freedom.
— from The Life of Mazzini by Bolton King

American phonetic alphabet representing each letter
Valades in 1579 gave an American phonetic alphabet, representing each letter by an object of whose name it was the initial in some language not the Aztec.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

a prolonged and resounding echo like
Their report is like that of the 75's, but louder, and it has a prolonged and resounding echo, like thunder reverberating among mountains.
— from Under Fire: The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse

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