There was little enough light entered within this solitary abode, but yet there was quite enough to enable him to see curled up together upon a bed of leaves a number of snakes of different kinds.
— from Heiress of Haddon by W. E. (William Elliott) Doubleday
It must be all one to him whether it rains or not, since he doesn't possess the smallest bit of land, and not one single lemon tree can he call his property."
— from The Story of a Genius by Ossip Schubin
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