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beheld a regulation sword hanging on the
The lieutenant plucked up courage, entered the house, and arriving at the ante-room, beheld a regulation sword hanging on the wall.
— from The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas

British army reached Sandy Hook on the
The British army reached Sandy Hook on the 30th, where Lord Howe's June 1778 fleet, having come round from the Delaware, was in readiness to convey them to New York.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

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