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case On behalf of Lord Derrington
"Then you are looking after the case?" "On behalf of Lord Derrington.
— from The Yellow Holly by Fergus Hume

case on behalf of Lord Derrington
He is a private-inquiry agent who has been looking after the case on behalf of Lord Derrington.
— from The Yellow Holly by Fergus Hume

Charlotte of Bourbon or Louisa de
Anna of Saxony was false to him; and entered into correspondence with the royal governors and with the King of Spain; Charlotte of Bourbon or Louisa de Coligny might have done the same had it been possible for their natures also to descend to such depths of guile.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1574-84) by John Lothrop Motley

coast of Brazil of like deposits
On the coast of Africa (at San Vicente) M. Strobel found remains of an exactly similar nature; and Dr. Henrique Naegeli, a distinguished naturalist of Rio Janeiro, has testified to the existence on the coast of Brazil of like deposits, which he proposes to subject to a thorough examination.
— from Primitive Man by Louis Figuier

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