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have quite lost our grip
It is an impudent challenge, not only of the law, but of reason and humanity; and, unless we have quite lost our grip on the realities of life and government, whatever measures it may be found necessary [228] to take in order to meet the challenge effectively will receive the emphatic approval of the American people.
— from The Unpopular Review, Vol. 2, No. 4, October-December 1914, including Vol. 2 Index by Various

high quality leather of great
Waterproof black is a high quality leather of great durability for men’s and boys’ heavy shoes.
— from A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products by William H. (William Henry) Dooley

his queer little old guest
Truxton could scarcely restrain a smile as he glanced over his queer little old guest.
— from Truxton King: A Story of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon

have quite left off grieving
“Have you, then, lost a son?” “Yes, madam; but he was a great deal too good to live, so I have quite left off grieving for him now.”
— from Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney

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