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had her character or discretion equaled
Endowed with high spirit, courage, no little cleverness and much charm, she might have mastered the situation had her character or discretion equaled her intellect and beauty.
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

he had cured of distemper except
He had a young dog that he had cured of distemper, except that a spasmodic affection of the left hind leg remained.
— from The Dog by William Youatt

heard her cries of distress else
Afar off in the forest—no doubt in search of food—catering for his housekeeper and their new chick, of whose birth he was most probably aware, he could not have heard her cries of distress; else would he have rushed to the rescue, and appeared much sooner upon the scene.
— from The Castaways by Mayne Reid


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