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houses are not such hovels as we
And their houses are not such hovels as we have seen and read of in the slums of the Old World.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

her affections not she his and when
It was he who had sought her affections, not she his; and when he thus rudely rejected a heart which he had taken pains to win, she could not but feel that she had escaped from that irretrievable ruin which must have followed her union with him."
— from The Exclusives (vol. 3 of 3) by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

happiest alone Not so happy as when
“So you are really happiest alone?” “Not so happy as when you are with me,—you or Hope.
— from Malbone: An Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

had a nice string however and when
They had a nice string, however, and when the odor of the frying fish on the outdoor fire began to spread about Green Knoll Camp, Frank declared: “The angels flying overhead must stop to sniff–that smell is so heavenly!”
— from Wyn's Camping Days; Or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club by Amy Bell Marlowe

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