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even carried off my ordinary garments
The loot had been complete; the scoundrels had even carried off my ordinary garments, leaving me—what exquisite irony!—only this suit of evening clothes wherewith to cover my nakedness.
— from The Gates of Chance by Van Tassel Sutphen

essential character of Mother of God
In all save in name she doffed her essential character of Mother of God, and became a local demi-god; an accessible wonder-worker attached to some particular district.
— from Old Calabria by Norman Douglas

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