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They did actually bring out to him a nickel clock of New England make, and out of sheer unbearable boredom he busied himself in trying to get the alarum to work.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
They had noble qualities: the firmness and energy which they displayed in the colonization of New England must always command admiration.
— from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume VII, Complete The Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life, and Criticism by John Greenleaf Whittier
The Cossacks of the Don are not taxed, but do military duty in payment for their exemption; and in case of necessity, every man among them between the ages of fifteen and sixty is obliged to serve.
— from Northern Lands; Or, Young America in Russia and Prussia by Oliver Optic
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