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great lover of books a late student
[323] Thus could speak concerning his country, about the middle of the fourteenth century, when the [Pg 203] results of the attempted experiment were certain and manifest, that great lover of books, a late student at Paris, who had been a fervent admirer of the French capital, Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham.
— from A Literary History of the English People, from the Origins to the Renaissance by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand

great lump of butter a little salt
Drain dry, stir in a great lump of butter, a little salt and pepper, and turn into a deep dish.
— from The Dinner Year-Book by Marion Harland


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