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of it last evening did

That she had not known of it last evening did not at that moment occur to him.
— from A Little Girl in Old Washington by Amanda M. Douglas

Oh interrupted Lady Emilia do

'Oh!' interrupted Lady Emilia, 'do not suspect me of delirium; it has pleased the Almighty to spare my senses throughout this severe disorder, with a gracious design of allowing me even the last moments of my life to complete my repentance.
— from A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue by Sarah Scott

of its leaders even denied

The Army, he charged, generally failed to see the connection between prejudice and national security; many of its leaders even denied that prejudice existed in the Army.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

of its last earthly deposits

This metal is, in fact, the most tenacious, ductile, and malleable, suitable for all moulding operations, and when smelted with pit coal it is of superior quality for engine-cylinders, hydraulic presses, &c. But cast-iron, if it has undergone a single fusion, is rarely homogeneous enough; and it is by means of a second fusion that it is purified, refined, and dispossessed of its last earthly deposits.
— from The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne

of its last earthly deposits

Cast iron, however, if subjected to only one single fusion, is rarely sufficiently homogeneous; and it requires a second fusion completely to refine it by dispossessing it of its last earthly deposits.
— from From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Jules Verne

of Italian literature entirely devoted

Miss Gladstone was still Vice-Principal in Sidgwick Hall; Miss Jane Lee, a very earnest scholar of Italian literature, entirely devoted to the best interests of the College, became head of the Old Hall, also with the title of Vice-Principal.
— from A Short History of Newnham College, Cambridge by Alice Gardner

on in life every day

But you see, as we go on in life, every day brings something more to remember, and so this head gets choke full.
— from Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

one in London ever dreams

But no one in London ever dreams of questioning the credit of the Bank, and the Bank never dreams that its own credit is in danger.
— from Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market by Walter Bagehot

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