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dealing with Local Groups
That will be shown in the section dealing with Local Groups.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

drove with Le Grand
One day lately, after dining with Lisel Wendling, I drove with Le Grand to Cannabich's (as it was snowing heavily).
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

done without letting go
2 = úngud , a . pina- n action that is prolonged, done without letting go.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

days which Lady Glenmire
It related to some fine old lace, the sole relic of better days, which Lady Glenmire was admiring on Mrs Forrester’s collar.
— from Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

down whose long gorgeous
With how vast a triumph—with how vivid a delight—with how much of all that is ethereal in hope—did I feel, as she bent over me in studies but little sought—but less known—that delicious vista by slow degrees expanding before me, down whose long, gorgeous, and all untrodden path, I might at length pass onward to the goal of a wisdom too divinely precious not to be forbidden!
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Duke were Lord Grey
The two principal leaders next to the Duke were Lord Grey of Wark, who had landed with a musket on his shoulder, a pair of pistols in his girdle, and, far more important to the cause, a Scotch gentleman, a soldier of experience, Fletcher of Salton, who, taking command of the men, at once ordered some to take possession of the forts, others to guard the avenues, and the remainder to get the arms and ammunition from on board ship, including four field-pieces—the only heavy guns brought with them.
— from Roger Willoughby: A Story of the Times of Benbow by William Henry Giles Kingston

daughter was less gentle
And Mrs. Carpenter, in her gentle, unselfish charity, meant it honestly; her little daughter was less gentle and perhaps more logical.
— from The Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

dissenting world Literary Gazette
“This volume is one which strikes us as being likely to make a considerable stir in the religious, high-church, and dissenting world.”— Literary Gazette.
— from A Sketch of Assam: With some account of the Hill Tribes by Butler, John, Major


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