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and remark upon namely their absolutely
There was, perhaps, nothing very remarkable about that, but there was a peculiarity about those rushes that Billy was the first to observe and remark upon, namely, their absolutely perfect straightness.
— from The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn by Harry Collingwood

a restless uneasiness nor try as
She felt a restless uneasiness nor, try as she would, could she shake off the haunting depression caused by Michael’s fantastic notion.
— from The Pool of Stars by Cornelia Meigs

are real unions not those accidental
The second essential, which is fulfilled in every case of the principal characters in the novels, is that the marriages are real unions, not those accidental associations which are based on imagination.
— from Jane Austen and Her Times by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

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