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ever makes a new joke
And even these jests had a familiar sound to the exile, as they very well might, seeing that they were the same which he had heard in his youth, for no one ever makes a new joke in England.
— from The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle

except Missouri and New Jersey
He carried every Northern state except Missouri and New Jersey.
— from A Short History of the United States for School Use by Edward Channing

evidently means a new joy
Thus, when our Blessed Lord says: "There shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner doing penance," He evidently means a new joy, which the blessed did not possess until sorrow for sin entered that sinner's heart.
— from The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux

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