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forth a few fresh leaves every
Milton's mulberry tree is yet standing, and puts forth a few fresh leaves every spring in the garden of Christ's College.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

First American from fourth London edition
(First American from fourth London edition.)
— from The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, vol 1 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

farther and farther from land each
He was now some distance from the beach, beyond the white-capped breakers, and, as the tide was receding, the frail craft was of course drifting farther and farther from land each moment, a reflection that might have caused any one a start, while to Fritz, bound and helpless, it was the next thing to being alarming.
— from Fritz to the Front, or, the Ventriloquist Scamp-Hunter by Edward L. (Edward Lytton) Wheeler

faster and faster for long enough
Then he walked on faster and faster for long enough, not heeding where he went, but muttering still: “Fate, fate, fate!
— from By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn

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