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my oracle how many miracles are done
I would give them a grand proof of the infallibility of my oracle: how many miracles are done in the same way!
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

myself on having made mother and daughter
While congratulating myself on having made mother and daughter happy, I adored the secret paths and ways of Divine Providence.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Mr O H Mackenzie Mr A Davidson
With the aid of Lady Mackenzie of Gairloch, Mrs Fowler of Inverbroom, Mr O. H. Mackenzie, Mr A. Davidson, and other helpers, a list has been compiled, and is appended to these notes.
— from Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations by John H. (John Henry) Dixon

model of humility meekness modesty and devotion
FROM her infancy she was a model of humility, meekness, modesty, and devotion.
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. January, February, March by Alban Butler

mouths open he made milk and de
When he made babies rooting round, with der poor little mouths open, he made milk, and de mammies for 'em too.
— from Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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