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for richer and more extensive regions
While this contest for the cold and uninviting country of Nova Scotia was carried on with equal acrimony and talents, a controversy arose for richer and more extensive regions in the south and west.
— from The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

Flea regretfully as Miss Emily raised
"She ain't aiming it right," thought Flea, regretfully, as Miss Emily raised the short fowling-piece awkwardly but boldly to her shoulder, and laid her cheek down upon the stock.
— from Harper's Round Table, April 21, 1896 by Various

French Royalists and many English Royalists
True French Royalists, and many English Royalists too, make no difference between you and me or between me and Tom Paine.
— from Private Papers of William Wilberforce by William Wilberforce

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