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Cross of Blood except Grace O
But there was no need to ask that; for I was well assured that the people of the English ship knew who we were, or, at least, whose galley it was, for who in Ireland had such a vessel as The Cross of Blood , except Grace O’Malley?
— from Grace O'Malley, Princess and Pirate by Robert Machray

citizen once bitterly exclaimed Go on
It was on account of this influence that an Athenian citizen once bitterly exclaimed, "Go on, my brave boy!
— from The Story of the Greeks by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Congress or be elected governor or
He'll go to Congress, or be elected governor or something, sure."
— from The Turn of the Balance by Brand Whitlock

could only be either Gasha or
Instantly everything would escape my mind, and I would find it impossible to remain still any longer, however much I knew that the woman could only be either Gasha or my grandmother’s old sewing-maid moving about in the corridor.
— from Youth by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

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