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miss Easy Aaron but low enough
The bullets flies high enough to miss Easy Aaron, but low enough to invoke a gloomy frame of mind.
— from Wolfville Nights by Alfred Henry Lewis

more evident and but little encouragement
Lieutenant Wilten's admiration for the young Baroness was growing day by day more evident, and but little encouragement was needed to embolden him to press his suit openly.
— from No Surrender by E. Werner

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