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King Aegeus heaving a long sigh
my son," quoth King Aegeus, heaving a long sigh, "here is a very lamentable matter in hand!
— from Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

kind a hook a lead sinker
They were of the old-fashioned kind, a hook, a lead sinker, and a cork on the line to keep it from sinking too far.
— from The Tree of Appomattox by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

knots an hour at least so
This was pitching it strong, but his heart was carrying royals, sky-scrapers, moon-rakers , and his pulse was sailing at the rate of ten knots an hour at least; so elate was he to serve a brave man in distress, and above all, a son of the ocean: "come, let us have every thing good, and spic and span new.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 291 - Supplement to Vol 10 by Various

known as Haywood and likewise Slippery
He is also known as Haywood, and likewise Slippery Peter.
— from The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds by Edward Stratemeyer

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