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man answered roughly Can I not
But though Botticelli went to the weaver and explained all this most courteously, the man answered roughly, 'Can I not do what I like with my own house?'
— from Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters by Amy Steedman

minsters and Rheims Cathedral is no
Seldom is a French cathedral surrounded by the pleasant precincts and cloisters preserved by the English minsters, and Rheims Cathedral is no exception in its abrupt rise from flat city streets.
— from How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

Markovna and Raisky concluded if not
On that evening Tatiana Markovna and Raisky concluded, if not peace, at least a truce.
— from The Precipice by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov

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