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manse and confiding his intention to only
When the macer had withdrawn, Melville left the manse, and, confiding his intention to only a few friends, made his escape from the city, accompanied by his brother Roger, and within the twenty-four hours was safely over the Border and lodged in Berwick.
— from Andrew Melville by William Morison

many American country hotels in towns of
How many American country hotels, in towns of three or five thousand people, in say Georgia or Missouri, would get up, for the chance traveller who dropped in on them unexpectedly, {46} a satisfactory meal?
— from Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

may appropriately consider here is that of
The next subject that we may appropriately consider here is that of the characteristic costumes which are worn in certain schools.
— from The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes by Wilfred Mark Webb

mortality and consequently he is the only
Man is the only animal keenly aware of his mortality, and consequently he is the only one to fear the passing of time.
— from The Nervous Housewife by Abraham Myerson

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