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convictions of numerous offending parties speedily
Boddington, Solicitor, Dudley, was appointed Solicitor to this Association; which, by its energetic convictions of numerous offending parties , speedily gave a sensible check to this wicked and dishonest usage.
— from The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 Also an Account of the Trials and Sufferings of Dud Dudley, with His Mettallum Martis: Etc. by C. F. G. Clark

come over now or pretty soon
I think I’m busy tonight, but if you’d like to come over now or pretty soon it would be all right.”
— from Seductio Ad Absurdum The Principles & Practices of Seduction, A Beginner's Handbook by Emily Hahn

case of national or public sacrifices
The animal invested with this representative character is next to be slain by the offerer, not by the priest, who only performed that part of the ritual in the case of national or public sacrifices.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by Alexander Maclaren

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