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could himself endure their temptations long enough
Sometimes he wondered if he could himself endure their temptations long enough to accomplish his goal.
— from The Alien by Raymond F. Jones

commissaries had executed to the letter everything
The commissaries had executed to the letter everything that I had required of them.
— from Old and New Paris: Its History, Its People, and Its Places, v. 1 by H. Sutherland (Henry Sutherland) Edwards

closed her eyes that the like effect
Lady Wathin closed her eyes, that the like effect might be produced on her ears.
— from Diana of the Crossways — Complete by George Meredith

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