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cry of mingled pleasure and surprise escaped
A faint cry of mingled pleasure and surprise escaped from the lips of Valentine, who almost instantly said, in a saddened tone, as though some envious cloud darkened the joy which illumined her heart: “Alas, no, Maximilian, this must not be, for many reasons.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

control of mimeograph paper and seized every
To prevent its publication the authorities took control of mimeograph paper, and seized every mimeograph machine they could find.
— from Korea's Fight for Freedom by Fred A. (Fred Arthur) McKenzie

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