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mimic of Denver recoiled in Chicago
" "The every-day practical joker and entertaining mimic of Denver recoiled in Chicago from the reputation of a Merry Andrew, the prospect of gaining which he disrelished and feared.
— from Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 by Slason Thompson

matter of deep regret I cannot
But that is a view of the occurrence in which, except as a matter of deep regret, I cannot be supposed to be immediately interested.
— from Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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