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ginger ale up there and Mr and
I’ve got some nice cold ginger ale up there, and Mr. and Mrs. Guild ought to be along about now.
— from On Your Mark! A Story of College Life and Athletics by Ralph Henry Barbour

groundless and unbridled that all must admit
[407] Again: "There are outbreaks of rage so groundless and unbridled that all must admit them to be expressions of disease.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 2 (of 2) by William James

Gate and under the Arches met at
The sixth division, consisting of the graduates of the class of 1883, and the graduates of the class of 1882, who had not last year passed through the Golden Gate, and under the Arches, met at the gate of St. Paul’s Grove, on Merrill Avenue, each provided with a ticket, a garnet badge, and a copy of the commencement service.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, October 1883 by Chautauqua Institution

godly and ungodly there are many and
There are many things, and great things, man can do without any further Divine assistance than that which is lodged for the whole race in the natural laws which make no distinction between godly and ungodly; there are many and great things man may do by virtue of his natural birth; but one thing he cannot do—he cannot quicken within himself the capacity to love God and to live for Him.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Marcus Dods


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