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for a census taken in Virginia early
Actually, [Pg 57] the situation was much worse than these figures suggested, for a census taken in Virginia early in 1625 showed a total population of only 1,275.
— from The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 by Wesley Frank Craven

from a constellation that is very easily
It burns with a white light, in the proximity of the Milky Way, not far from a constellation that is very easily recognized by the arrangement of its principal stars in the form of a cross.
— from Astronomy for Amateurs by Camille Flammarion

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