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doing every conceivable kind of
The tax falls not only on corporations doing every conceivable kind of business, but also on the corporation that does no specific business whatever—the corporation which, in the language of an eminent judge, is merely "an incorporated gentleman of leisure.
— from Our Changing Constitution by Charles W. (Charles Wheeler) Pierson

deceased earl called kung or
As he was the grandson (sun) of a deceased earl (called kung , or "duke," as a posthumous compliment), he was entitled to take the family name of Kung-sun, just as we say "Fitzgeorge" or "Fitzwilliam."
— from Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker

did Elinor Calvert know or
Little did Elinor Calvert know or care about the effect of fighting on national character as she stood at the door of her cottage in the little hamlet of St. Mary's, holding her boy by the hand.
— from Sir Christopher: A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644 by Maud Wilder Goodwin

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