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municipal and commercial life is nil
I may also add that although I have often visited Stourmouth and its neighborhood—of which I am very fond—my knowledge of the social life of the district is of the smallest, while my knowledge of its municipal and commercial life is nil .
— from Adrian Savage: A Novel by Lucas Malet

MACMILLAN AND CO L IMITED NEW
EDIN.: ANDERSON LECTURER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN London MACMILLAN AND CO., L IMITED NEW YORK:
— from Giordano Bruno by J. Lewis (James Lewis) McIntyre

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS London is not
[Pg 181] MANNERS AND CUSTOMS London is not a single city, but rather a sequence or confederation of cities.
— from Dickens' London by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

mature and complete lacking in nothing
"Let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.
— from God's Plan with Men by T. T. (Thomas Theodore) Martin

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