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for ambassadors yet none ever dropped
Lord Clancarty and Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald were two Irish barristers in whom I never could perceive the raw material for ambassadors —yet none ever dropped their “Nisi Prius” with better effect.
— from Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Barrington, Jonah, Sir

frost as you never even dreamt
“Steward,” he continued, “serve out warm clothing to-morrow for these young gentlemen, and remind them to put on their pea-jackets; we are going to have such a frost as you never even dreamt of in Scotland.
— from The Cruise of the Snowbird: A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables

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