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Cape Cod last evening and now
I returned from Cape Cod last evening, and now take the first opportunity to invite you men of Worcester to this quiet Mediterranean shore.
— from Familiar Letters The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 06 (of 20) by Henry David Thoreau

celebrated cantatrice last evening at Neil
We had the pleasure of listening to this celebrated cantatrice last evening, at Neil’s New Hall.
— from The Black Swan at Home and Abroad or, A Biographical Sketch of Miss Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, the American Vocalist by Anonymous

circumquaque Christianorum legionibus et arctatur nimis
Obsessa est Acon circumquaque Christianorum legionibus, et arctatur nimis.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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