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dream of completing their education some time
All over the land there are many who dream of completing their education some time, and even the well-educated will not scorn the opportunity to improve.
— from Moonlight Schools for the Emancipation of Adult Illiterates by Cora Wilson Stewart

drowsiest old city that ever slept through
We had never seen anything approaching nearer to a town than the little hamlet of St. Inigoes, and though W. was just exactly the drowsiest old city that ever slept through centuries and slept itself to death, yet to us, coming from the forest farm, it seemed a very miracle of life, enterprise and excitement.
— from The Haunted Homestead: A Novel by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

deal of courage to endure such torture
A person must have a good deal of courage to endure such torture uncomplainingly.
— from Avarice--Anger: Two of the Seven Cardinal Sins by Eugène Sue

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