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can usually secure the effects required
And those that do not depend on exactness of illusion can usually secure the effects required by calling on the drummer with his very effective box-of-tricks to help out the property-man.
— from Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page

Christopher Urswick said the earl right
"Ha, Sir Christopher Urswick," said the earl; "right glad am I to see you.
— from The Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

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