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The king and Rishyaśring elate Entered the royal city's gate: In front the chaplain rode.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki
To do her justice, Dinah was choke full of knowledge, and read everything, even medical books, statistics, science, and jurisprudence; for she did not know how to spend her days when she had reviewed her flower-beds and given her orders to the gardener.
— from Parisians in the Country by Honoré de Balzac
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