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give encouragement to unjust pretensions should
[Pg 222] ever, that he found occasion then to say upon this very subject what he seemed afterwards to forget, that "in the collisions which may arise between the United States and a foreign power, it is our duty to present an unbroken front; domestic differences, if they tend to give encouragement to unjust pretensions, should be extinguished or deferred; and the cause of our government must be considered as the cause of our country."
— from Martin Van Buren by Edward Morse Shepard

gloomy eyes turned upon Philip suspiciously
Brand's gloomy eyes turned upon Philip suspiciously.
— from A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay


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