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not established until some thirty
So little silver-working had been attempted in the town that there was not even an assay office there; in fact, one was not established until some thirty years subsequent to Bolsover’s discovery and inventions.
— from The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner C. Teall

nothin else ud suit them
"So the ind of it was," Tom went on, "nothin' else 'ud suit them except gettin' all readied up for us to be slinkin' out in the evenin' late.
— from Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow

not entirely useless so thinks
After all, our ship is not entirely useless; so thinks the admiral, for he left orders that we were to repair to Wosung to fill up with provisions for the squadron, and
— from In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by J. J. Smith

not easily unseated said the
"He is not easily unseated," said the duke, "if report speak true.
— from Darnley; or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

nature encroach upon sexuality this
Through contemporary observations, as well as through later investigations, it is easy to ascertain that all more intensive affective processes, even excitements of a terrifying nature, encroach upon sexuality; this can at all events furnish us with a contribution to the understanding of the pathogenic action of such emotions.
— from Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud

not easily understood Sir Thomas
For this, which is not easily understood, Sir Thomas Hanmer has given, That say'st but what thou'rt sure of!
— from Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Samuel Johnson

no evil unmixed suggests topics
On the other hand, if this be idle speculation, and the reason of the thing be on the side of continuing to implore the saints and perishing in earthquakes, then Nature, who is always determined to have no evil unmixed, suggests topics of consolation from the greater amount of good; from the far longer duration of the periods of serenity and joy around the mountain, compared with those of convulsion; and from all those images of beauty and abundance, which produce another honey against the bitterness of what cannot be altered.
— from A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla by Leigh Hunt


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