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but little in my present situation
You may be sure I paid dear for them; but this signified but little in my present situation.
— from The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, vol. 3/3 by Mateo Alemán

British Leniency in Morning Post Saturday
See ‘British Leniency,’ in Morning Post , Saturday 13th inst.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8) From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901 by Louis Creswicke

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