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for each magazine or review and

The postal charges between the settlement and Pembina were fixed at a penny per half ounce for letters, twopence for each magazine or review, and one-halfpenny for each newspaper.
— from The History of the Post Office in British North America by William Smith

fast every man of Ruechenstein and

And on their account, to get even, the Seldwyla people made fast every man of Ruechenstein and, on their public market square, administered to him six choice blows with the rod, on the spot which they deemed specially adapted for that purpose.
— from Seldwyla Folks: Three Singular Tales by Gottfried Keller

fast easily Men of ripe Age

Old Men can fast easily; Men of ripe Age can fast almost as much, but young People and Children can hardly fast at all.
— from Medicina Flagellata; Or, The Doctor Scarify'd by Anonymous

for eighty miles of road A

A whole township of crops in one enormous load, Or railroad rails enough for eighty miles of road, A copper cargo worth three millions of dollars, Or cloth enough to clothe four millions of scholars.
— from Poems by Crocket McElroy

for every means of repression and

If the former be true, then there is no hope of a better state of things, for every means of repression and constraint that human ingenuity could invent has been applied to regulate their action; but all in vain—they have remained unchanged, and in the eyes of the moralist as perverse as ever.
— from Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs by John Thomas Codman

for eight miles over rising and

From this point we continued for eight miles over rising and falling ground to a second caravanserai called Aga Kemal , but pronounced short without the g , Aakemal .
— from A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the Years 1808 and 1809 In Which is Included, Some Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart. K. C. to the Court of Persia by James Justinian Morier

forth each morning on rising and

I thought it would be a grand thing to plant the seeds beneath my chamber window, where I could look forth each morning on rising and revel in the beauty of the purple blossoms.
— from Frank Merriwell's Endurance; or, A Square Shooter by Burt L. Standish

for each mile of road and

The Secretary of War was authorized to make special details, under the above conditions, of overseers, farmers, or planters, if the public good demanded it; also (4) to exempt the higher officials of railroads and not more than one employee for each mile of road; and (5) mail carriers and drivers.
— from Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by Walter L. (Walter Lynwood) Fleming

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