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be exterminated no not even to
Let us hold him in hearty esteem, and pray that he may never be exterminated; no, not even to beautify the head-gear of our ladies, who, if they only knew it, are already sufficiently bewitching.
— from Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey

baby enough nor near enough to
It was a great wonder; for David was not baby enough, nor near enough to the youngest, to get letters as a pet, nor was he old enough to be written to like an elder one.
— from The Stokesley Secret by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

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