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foreign Lands And never ending
here I lie in foreign Lands, And never ending care.
— from Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway

Frederic L Ames North Easton
29 Brenda 2d, Black with white spots; calved April 5th, 1860; bred by Lawrence Drew , Merryton, Lanarkshire, Scotland; imported by H. H. Peters, Southboro', Mass.; owned by Frederic L. Ames , North Easton, Mass.: Sire, Bull, owned by Lawrence Drew, Dam, Brenda, 28.
— from Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-Bred Neat Stock Short Horns, Ayrshires and Devons by Various

for literature are not easily
But the habits induced 123 by a passion for literature are not easily put in abeyance.
— from The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 7 (of 7) by Arthur Thomas Malkin

for laughter and nothing else
And when I go and see a production of Mr. Hawtrey's I want matter for laughter and nothing else.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 by Various

first lot arrived nicely except
The first lot arrived nicely, except two.
— from Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin

from London and neighboring English
Of the "arts, crafts or trades" of the colonists from London and neighboring English localities, but little has been gleaned.
— from The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Volume 4 by Azel Ames

feet long and nearly eight
At the granite quarries of Djebel Fattereh, Sir Gardner Wilkinson found many columns in various stages of completion, some ready to be removed; and of these there were several of the enormous size of fifty-five feet long, and nearly eight feet in circumference.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

foreign languages and no editions
No works in foreign languages and no editions not accompanied by an English translation have been mentioned.
— from Aristotle by A. E. (Alfred Edward) Taylor

fine lady and no error
You look a fine lady, and no error!
— from Confessions of a Young Lady: Her Doings and Misdoings by Richard Marsh


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