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from a long line of New England
He was descended from a long line of New England ministers, men of refinement and education.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

followed a long list of names embracing
[here followed a long list of names, embracing all present and many besides], "provided that they pay me the last respects due to me, I give XX*s*. Item, to John Alexander and Arthur Lewis, my welbeloved friends and Executors, I give Five Pounds apiece.
— from A Lad of Grit: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

from a long line of New England
True enough, Skipper Broome had come from a long line of New England farmers, hard, close-fisted, close-mouthed men.
— from Frontier Boys in Frisco by Wyn Roosevelt

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