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gains in value every day
His work is well known in America and gains in value every day (he died in 1904).
— from Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker

gained in various excursions during
The experience gained in various excursions during Caldecott's engagement with the Daily Graphic , was most valuable to him in after years;
— from Randolph Caldecott: A Personal Memoir of His Early Art Career by Henry Blackburn

gentleman in Virginia ever does
No gentleman in Virginia ever does that, unless a negro turns criminal and must be sent south, or unless nominal sales are made between the heirs of an estate, simply by way of distributing the property.
— from Dorothy South: A Love Story of Virginia Just Before the War by George Cary Eggleston

gone in vain Ellen displayed
My pleasure for that day was gone; in vain Ellen displayed her whole stock of worldly possessions to tempt my admiration.
— from A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church

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