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grudge of rigid discipline or severe
In fact, I am half disposed to think that many an old grudge of rigid discipline or severe duty met with its retribution here.
— from Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Charles James Lever

group of red dyes of somewhat
The acid reds are a very large group of red dyes, of somewhat varied chemical composition, which all have the property of dyeing from baths containing Glauber's salt and sulphuric acid or acetic acid, the usual proportions being 10 per cent.
— from The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech

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