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her uncle said She is every
As she left the room, her uncle said: "She is every inch a Stone, Elizabeth, and not a bit like her chicken-hearted father."
— from A Romance of Toronto (Founded on Fact): A Novel by Annie G. (Annie Gregg) Savigny

her until she should impatiently exclaim
She tried to trap her mother by means of a system of cross-questioning, and she endeavored to weary her, until she should impatiently exclaim, 'Oh, for mercy’s sake, go !'
— from Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series by James Edmund Dunning

he usually soon succeeded in extricating
But, on reflecting a little upon the subject, he usually soon succeeded in extricating himself from the difficulty; and then he was always quite proud of having done so, and was pleased with his uncle George for having given him the [Pg 37] opportunity.
— from Rollo in Switzerland by Jacob Abbott

how unbrotherly society sometimes is even
They show how unbrotherly society sometimes is even in this highly favoured nation.
— from In His Image by William Jennings Bryan

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