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be in size the representatives of the

Passing by France and Spain, we find that in Great Britain, inferior as it may be in size, the representatives of the northern extremity of the island have as far to travel to the national council as will be required of those of the most remote parts of the Union.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

but I suppose the records of the

I was not able to attend it, but I suppose the records of the rebellion will show somewhere that Jeff Davis made a fine speech of welcome to the persecuted exiles from Maryland—my Maryland.
— from The Boy Spy A substantially true record of secret service during the war of the rebellion, a correct account of events witnessed by a soldier by Joseph Orton Kerbey

believe I snapped the rumble on the

I believe I snapped; the rumble on the left is the noise of calf-bound law books revolving in the grave.
— from The Trial of Callista Blake by Edgar Pangborn

borne it since the removal of that

Thus in our own time the name O’Conor Don was assumed by Owen O’Conor, Esq. of Belanagare, whose line was seven generations removed from the last ancestor who had borne the name; and the name of the O’Grady has also been assumed by Mr O’Grady of Kilballyowen, in our own time, though none of his ancestors had borne it since the removal of that family from Tomgraney, in the county of Clare.
— from The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 50, June 12, 1841 by Various

Boston I saw the remains of The

In Boston I saw the remains of "The Jubilee."
— from Caper-Sauce: A Volume of Chit-Chat about Men, Women, and Things. by Fanny Fern

because it shows the return of the

"The resolution is worthy of notice, because it shows the return of the Chamber to a sounder perception of this question.
— from Pax mundi A concise account of the progress of the movement for peace by means of arbitration, neutralization, international law and disarmament by K. P. (Klas Pontus) Arnoldson

but I see the reason of the

I know little of these things, for my gifts are not at all in that way; but I see the reason of the thing—I see its reason, though Jasper does not.”
— from The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

because it shows the remnants of the

So today, she also took a couple of pictures in Bethany; I’ve included one of those, because it shows the remnants of the city’s stone wall.
— from Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) by Karl May

but it strained the resources of the

Their unfailing hospitality was not in the least unexpected or unusual, being a virtue practised even by scoundrels in the great North-west; but it strained the resources of the little camp, a fourth of whose outfit lay under the Yukon ice.
— from The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins

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