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especially a Greek laver is no
A laver, and especially a Greek laver, is no instrument of bathing.
— from A Bible History of Baptism by Samuel J. (Samuel John) Baird

eyes and great Louis is not
Our Louis was so great, that the little woes of mean people were beyond him: his friends died, his mistresses left him; his children, one by one, were cut off before his eyes, and great Louis is not moved in the slightest degree!
— from The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh; and the Irish Sketch Book by William Makepeace Thackeray

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