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Burton remarked as he made a note
"I didn't know this was a bureau to extract information," Burton remarked, as he made a note of the doctor's home address from the directory.
— from The Red House on Rowan Street by Lily A. (Lily Augusta) Long

been reputed an honest man and no
Ye hae ay been reputed an honest man, and no deficient in your moral duties, as a husband, a parent, a master, and a friend.’
— from The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy by John Galt

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