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means or news or copy of this
His desire to get into communication with England is shown in a letter which he addressed as follows: ‘To my unknown friends and countrymen, desiring this letter by your good means, or news, or copy of this, may come into the hands of one or more of my acquaintances in Limehouse, or elsewhere, or in Kent, in Gillingham by [124] Rochester.’
— from St Nicotine of the Peace Pipe by Edward Vincent Heward

mystery of nature of creation of the
'A mystery indeed!' replied Lucy D——. 'The mystery of nature, of creation, of the communion of the creature with the infinitely bountiful Creator.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various

man of no one country or time
To revert to Keats as an example, for Keats is so wholly the artist, it is his remoteness from the daily life about him that makes him the man of no one country or time.
— from The Enjoyment of Art by Carleton Eldredge Noyes

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