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Colonies as millstones round our necks

But Lowe was in the habit of saying paradoxical things, and it was Disraeli, not Gladstone, who spoke of the Colonies as millstones round our necks.
— from The Life of Froude by Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul

care about my resignation or not

"Sire, you know whether I care about my resignation or not, since at Blois, on the very day when you refused King Charles the million which my friend the Comte de la Fere gave him, I then tendered my resignation to your majesty."
— from The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas

crests and mottoes representations of New

Regimental crests and mottoes, representations of New Zealand birds and Maori proverbs were picked out in little coloured pebbles gathered on the desert.
— from New Zealanders at Gallipoli by Fred Waite

come as mere rooineks or new

Those of us, therefore, who for our sins have been sent out of this show, come as mere "rooineks," or "new chums," to use the Australian equivalent.
— from War's Brighter Side The Story of The Friend Newspaper Edited by the Correspondents with Lord Roberts's Forces, March-April, 1900 by Julian Ralph

cottons and Manchester rugges otherwise named

Manchester cottons and Manchester rugges otherwise named Frices (1552).
— from Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by George Francis Dow

cousin asked me regardless of nautical

my cousin asked me, regardless of nautical phraseology.
— from The Story of the White-Rock Cove by Anonymous

character as Manhood Regained or Nervous

The title of the book being of some such character as "Manhood Regained," or "Nervous Debility," he imagines it may suit his case, and sends his name.
— from Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg

considered a major responsibility of NASA

This should be considered a major responsibility of NASA in the area of environmental opportunities.
— from Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964 by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

care about my resignation or not

“Sire, you know whether I care about my resignation or not, since at Blois, on the very day when you refused King Charles the million which my friend the Comte de la Fere gave him, I then tendered my resignation to your majesty.”
— from Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas

This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight, shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?) spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words. Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?

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