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cry about new doctors or new
"I'm the last man to give in to the cry about new doctors, or new parsons either—whether they're Bulstrode's men or not.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

creature A native denizen of Nature
Whig without a stain, A Whig in principle and grain, Could'st thou enslave a free-born creature, A native denizen of Nature?
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

c and next day other nine
The 3d April we went to Jahjaw , nine c. and next day other nine c. to Agra .
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr

cottages are not devoid of neatness
They are no doubt very poor, but their cottages are not devoid of neatness and comfort.
— from A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium, during the summer and autumn of 1814 by Richard Boyle Bernard

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