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Mordaunt a renowned English naval officer
Charles Mordaunt , a renowned English naval officer, died.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

more ambitious Revolutionary Epick neither of
Besides these he published in 1839 the tragedy of Alarcos , and in 1835 the more ambitious Revolutionary Epick , neither of which had much success.
— from Studies in Contemporary Biography by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

manner as regards each note of
If he has been playing a fugue, say in four parts, he will have kept each part well distinct, in such a manner as to prove that his mind was not prevented, by its other occupations, from consciously or unconsciously following four distinct trains of musical thought at the same time, nor from making his fingers act in exactly the required manner as regards each note of each part.
— from Life and Habit by Samuel Butler

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