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female and young are rather duller
The female and young are rather duller in colour.
— from Birds of Britain by J. Lewis (John Lewis) Bonhote

fuss as you and Red do
"Not for the sake of the fuss, as you and Red do," snapped Midkiff.
— from Rex Kingdon on Storm Island by Gordon Braddock

for a young and reverent disciple
323 Imagine this kind of reproduction of whatever other people had done worst, and this kind of misunderstanding of all that he saw himself in nature, carried out in Claude's trees, rocks, ships—in everything that he touched,—and then consider what kind of school this work was for a young and reverent disciple.
— from Modern Painters, Volume 3 (of 5) by John Ruskin

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