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jewels and some plate I saw

There, with a reserve of eight hundred pounds, the fruit of my deference to Mrs. Cole's counsels, exclusive of clothes, some jewels, and some plate, I saw myself in purse for a long time, to wait without impatience for what the chapter of accidents might produce in my favour.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

Just as short put in Songbird

" "Just as short," put in Songbird.
— from The Rover Boys in Alaska; or, Lost in the Fields of Ice by Edward Stratemeyer

Job again says pray in secret

The true Christian will, as Job again says, pray in secret till God slays him.
— from Bunyan Characters (1st Series) by Alexander Whyte

justly and so pleasantly in short

We have not wherewithal to imagine so strongly, so justly, and so pleasantly: in short, if we have the same knowledge, we cannot draw out of it the same quintessence; we cannot give it such a turn, such a propriety, and such a beauty.
— from Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by John Dryden

just and sensible people is so

“Ah! and what would be my hope, my safety, in communities which tolerate these things; in which the number of just and sensible people is so small that they dare not speak, or can not influence those who have better courage?
— from Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms

Joscelyn and said persuasively It s

And Martin strolled up to Joscelyn and said persuasively, "It's such fun!"
— from Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon

James and St Paul in St

The altars of St James and St Paul in St Mark’s are also attributed to him.
— from Venice and Its Story by Thomas Okey

just as St Patrick is said

[261] of the island, and banished them for ever, just as St. Patrick is said to have afterwards treated those of his favourite isle.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 101, October 4, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

justice and so practise in short

He consoles me and even assures me that there is no more noble part in the whole of philosophy than to be a public official, to hear cases, pass judgment, explain the laws and administer justice, and so practise in short what the philosophers do but teach.
— from The Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 by the Younger Pliny

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