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lustre of great interpreters of national
It does not detract from the glory of the father of his country, or from the lustre of great interpreters of national law, to say that the principles that they enunciated and the practices that they initiated centuries ago are not necessarily those that should guide us now.
— from Idling in Italy: Studies of literature and of life by Joseph Collins

lose or gain in one night
The passion for play is carried to such an extent, that the traders lose or gain in one night sums of 50,000 piasters (£10,000 sterling).
— from Adventures in the Philippine Islands by Paul P. de La Gironière

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