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dwells upon rocky Chios his
So masterful indeed was that instinct that when the minstrel knew not who his poet was he must needs make up a man: 'When any stranger asks who is the sweetest of singers, answer with one voice: "A blind man; he dwells upon rocky Chios; his songs shall be the most beautiful for ever.
— from Four Years by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

Duke University Research Council has
The Duke University Research Council has assisted me with annual grants for the collections of documentary materials on Chinese politics.
— from The China of Chiang K'ai-Shek: A Political Study by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

disquietingly urgent rap caused her
It was not that she feared one letter in particular, but the postman's disquietingly urgent rap caused her a vague uneasiness many times a day.
— from With Edged Tools by Henry Seton Merriman

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