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chief Hendrick and Molly Brant a sister
After her death he had various mistresses, including a niece of the Indian chief Hendrick, and Molly Brant, a sister of the famous chief, Joseph Brant.
— from The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company

collected here all my brothers and sisters
All our family, except my mother, are collected here: all my brothers and sisters, with their wives, husbands, and children: sitting at different occupations, or wandering about the grounds and gardens, discoursing each their separate concerns, but all united into one whole.
— from Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 1 by Edward FitzGerald

continued he all my brothers and sisters
At that rate,” continued he “all my brothers and sisters must be authors, except Caroline.
— from Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. III) by Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de

cutting him about might be a selfish
My cutting him about might be a selfish pleasure; my duty might be--euthanasia!"
— from A Sovereign Remedy by Flora Annie Webster Steel

compliment has as much bitter as sweet
Well, the French always, when a compliment has as much bitter as sweet in it, take the sweet and leave the bitter unappropriated.
— from The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by W. H. (William Henry) Sparks


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