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a steep cellar exceedingly narrow dark
Pausing before a steep cellar, exceedingly narrow, dark and deep, the young thief whispered— 'This is the forty-foot cave —the entrance into the dark vaults .
— from City Crimes; Or, Life in New York and Boston by George Thompson

associate she could explain nothing do
In the presence of his associate she could explain nothing, do nothing but what she had done.
— from The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Complete by George Meredith


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