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croaks once more persuasive stillness and
Thus Marat, absolved and applauded, victorious in this turn of fence, is, as the Debate goes on, prickt at again by some dexterous Girondin; and then and shrieks rise anew, and Decree of Accusation is on the point of passing; till the dingy People's-Friend bobs aloft once more; croaks once more persuasive stillness, and the Decree of Accusation sinks, Whereupon he draws forth—a Pistol; and setting it to his Head, the seat of such thought and prophecy, says: "If they had passed their Accusation Decree, he, the People's-Friend, would have blown his brains out." — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
It is extraordinary how many there are who speak with contempt of "mediæval prayers" such as the recitation of the Rosary, who yet "read a chapter" once a day in the shortest possible time and with the minimum of attention. — from Our Lady Saint Mary by J. G. H. (Joseph Gayle Hurd) Barry
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child or man pass such a
Never did Jack, in his whole life, as child or man, pass such a week of utter happiness. — from Jack
1877 by Alphonse Daudet
No, Mr. Brendon; why I wished Lord Derrington to be silent was that I might carry out my plans so as to learn who killed Mrs. Jersey." — from The Yellow Holly by Fergus Hume
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