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inflict my presence long on you
If you kindly allow me to escape I shall not inflict my presence long on you. Kanchi.
— from The King of the Dark Chamber by Rabindranath Tagore

inflict my pigskin library on you
After luncheon the colonel said, "Now, I want to inflict my pigskin library on you," and together we went into his tent and he opened an oilcloth-covered, aluminum-lined case that was closely packed with books, nearly all of which were bound in pigskin.
— from In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. (John Tinney) McCutcheon

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