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long enough and victory is sure
But our Captain fought and won the battle for us, and we have only to hold on long enough, and victory is sure.
— from Catherine Booth — a Sketch by Mildred Duff

lines each a very inadequate supply
The two dismantled or empty boats having been furnished with two lines each, (a very inadequate supply,) they, together with the one in a good state of equipment, now made an attack upon the whale.
— from The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 08 (1820) by Various

less extent a village is springing
To a greater or less extent a village is springing up around each station.
— from England and Canada A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster, with Historical Notes by Sandford Fleming

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