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himself a railroad man and nothin else
I've run on the C. B. & Q., I have," remarks Buck, his voice growing proud, "and any man that has run on de boss road of the West out of Chicago, can call himself a railroad man and nothin' else."
— from Miss Dividends: A Novel by Archibald Clavering Gunter

himself a ruined man and not even
His groans and lamentations were pitiful to hear, for he had begun to fancy himself a ruined man, and not even the sight of his money could assure him to the contrary.
— from Cruikshank's Water Colours by William Harrison Ainsworth

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