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complained of undergoing greater hardship than
The men complained of undergoing greater hardship than they had ever undergone before, and many sickened and died from the fatigue of the march."
— from The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson

coffers of uncut gems his thoughts
As he pictured to himself the great chambers with their heaped-up stacks of silver and gold bars, and the smaller room with its six coffers of uncut gems, his thoughts insensibly floated away across the ocean to the modest little Sydenham home, and he tried to imagine the raptures of his mother and sister, could they but behold the incredible accumulation of priceless gems that his eyes had rested upon that day.
— from Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Harry Collingwood

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