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Each town has its own peculiar stitch
Each town has its own peculiar stitch.
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

en ton heritage Ils ont pollu Seigneur
[510] Les gens entrez sont en ton heritage: Ils ont pollu, Seigneur, par leur outrage, Ton temple sainct, Jerusalem destruite, Si qu'en monceaux de pierres, l'on reduite.
— from History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Henry Martyn Baird

Each tribe has its own particular set
Each tribe has its own particular set of trees, and of these each family has a certain number allotted, which are handed down from generation to generation with great exactness.
— from Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris


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