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a private in the old N G
When the boys in khaki first were called to serve, Guarding railroad bridges and the like, Bob was just a private in the old N. G., Fond of all the work—except the hike.
— from With the Colors Songs of the American Service by Everard Jack Appleton

A prison in the old north gate
[206] A prison in the old north gate of Oxford, so named after one of the moods of the third syllogistic figure.
— from Robert Greene: [Six Plays] by Robert Greene

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