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die at least let it not
Ah, if he had to die, at least let it not be now, not before he had tasted victory!…
— from Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Romain Rolland

during a long life indicating no
It is a matter of perfect notoriety, that among the papers left in my possession by the late Colonel Burr, there was a mass of letters and copies of letters written or received by him, from time to time, during a long life, indicating no very strict morality in some of his female correspondents.
— from Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete by Aaron Burr

depredations and lawless life if not
But at this distance of time many are disposed to regard their depredations and lawless life, if not with a kindly, at least with an indulgent eye.
— from Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland

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