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me all this though I cannot easily
And upon the whole I find him a most exact and methodicall man, and of great industry: and very glad that he thought fit to show me all this; though I cannot easily guess the reason why he should do it to me, unless from the plainness that he sees I use to him in telling him how much the King may suffer for our want of understanding the case of our Treasury.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Moreover a tube that is completely exhausted
Moreover, a tube that is completely exhausted costs more than one that is filled with gas.
— from The Radio Amateur's Hand Book A Complete, Authentic and Informative Work on Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins

musing and thoughtful tone I cannot endure
she said, half aloud, and in a musing and thoughtful tone, 'I cannot endure it; this jealous, exacting love—it shatters my whole soul in madness!
— from The Last Days of Pompeii by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

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