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been altered somewhat in length at no
The former is arcaded along its whole front, but has been altered somewhat in length at no very distant period.
— from Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street

barbarisms and solecisms in Latin and not
Duncan, the physician, observed aloud that it was surprising that the demon, who knew everything, should commit barbarisms and solecisms in Latin, and not be able to answer in Greek.
— from Cinq Mars — Complete by Alfred de Vigny

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