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for instance nothing left of General
He had a strong force of cavalry and artillery, and, above all, good horses, while the rearguard of the French, for want of horses, consisted of infantry; there was, for instance, nothing left of General Grouchy's cavalry.
— from Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812; Medico-Historical by Achilles Rose

followed its natural laws of growth
Each followed its natural laws of growth, and each came to its natural result.
— from France and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France in the New World by Francis Parkman

for it never leaks or gets
That makes the strongest and best boat, for it never leaks or gets smashed up.
— from The Call of the South by Robert Lee Durham

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