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bring in less every year
I have a tiny income of my own, but I'm afraid it's badly invested, for it seems to bring in less every year, and I am so ignorant of money matters that I don't know if my aunt's agent, who looks after it, is a good adviser."
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

be instant laid Ere you
35 Come hither child, the matron said, I’ve business here for you; ’Tis fit the plate be instant laid, Ere you your course pursue.
— from The Maid and the Magpie An Interesting Tale Founded on Facts by Charles Moreton

beard is long enough you
Your beard is long enough, you are not a child, and your dress proclaims that you have travelled; but you have travelled to little purpose, if you know not what a lady means when she gives you an almond flower.
— from The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by James Justinian Morier

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