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may appear very impossible now she
That may appear very impossible now," she added, smiling, as Ellen raised her large eyes incredulously to her face; "but more improbable things have come to pass."
— from The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar

me a visit if next summer
Therefore, as the mountain will not come to Mohammed, why Mohammed shall go to the mountain; or, to speak plain English, as you cannot conveniently pay me a visit, if next summer I can contrive to be absent six weeks from London, I shall spend three of them among my friends in Ireland.
— from Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography by Washington Irving

metal although volatile is not separated
This metal, although volatile, is not separated at the temperature given in the process of roasting, nor does it sublime in the upper and cooler parts of the furnace.
— from The American Quarterly Review, No. 18, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

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