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class of fiction for ever ridiculous
No sooner was it published than it achieved an extraordinary success, for Cervantes had not yet made this class of fiction for ever ridiculous.
— from Roman Mosaics; Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan

cluster of friends from enjoyments richly
Mr. Stackpole has been removed from strongest family ties, from a large cluster of friends, from enjoyments richly spread by competency and taste, and from opportunities of usefulness which were before him in ample fields, while his sun of life was still high and glowing in the heavens.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 02 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

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