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never seen Dr Rennie proceeds
Not satisfied with thus abusing those he had never seen, Dr. Rennie proceeds to mis quote from Blue Books.
— from Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume II) by Augustus F. Lindley

nata solo dextrâ rosa pollice
[200] Laeto nata solo, dextrâ, rosa, pollice carpta; Unde tibi solito pulcrior, unde color?
— from Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius

no sooner did Ralph proceed
But no sooner did Ralph proceed, with an attempt to resume his careless bachelor poise, than again he found those ten preposterous puppies panting along in a wavy procession at his very heels.
— from Sigurd Our Golden Collie, and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates

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