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like a real elopement always unreal
Yes, an elopement; but not like a real elopement; always unreal!
— from The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

looking all round everywhere and up
"Well, if that isn't the strangest thing!" said little Ruth, at last, after listening a few minutes, on looking all round everywhere, and up into the trees, and away off down the river-path, and then toward the house.
— from Great Mysteries and Little Plagues by John Neal

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