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Grant afterwards Lord Glenelg at the end
The earliest of the three crucial "divergences of opinion," to which collectively the history of our South African administration owes its sombre hue, was that which led to the reversal of Sir Benjamin D'Urban's frontier policy by Charles Grant (afterwards Lord Glenelg) at the end of the year 1835.
— from Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold

gave a little gasp at the end
She gave a little gasp at the end of this.
— from The Angel of Pain by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

get a little gray around the edges
When a fellow begins to get a little gray around the edges, he gets so foxy that you couldn't bait him into a matrimonial trap with sweet grapes.
— from A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams

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