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Oh not until one has ambled
Oh, not until one has ambled and idled away a thousand hours in that place of trains and varied peoples can one [22] know all of what is really to be found within its waiting-rooms.
— from My Friend Annabel Lee by Mary MacLane

of Norfolk urged on his accusation
Gardiner and the duke of Norfolk urged on his accusation; the parliament, with its accustomed subserviency, proceeded against him by attainder; and -52- -vol i-
— from Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

or no use of his artillery
Certain it is, that Mr. Byng, though accommodated with a noble ship of ninety guns, made little or no use of his artillery, but kept aloof, either from an overstrained observance of discipline, or timidity.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

on natural urges of hunger and
This desire to return is largely based on natural urges of hunger and reproduction.
— from The Homing Pigeon by United States. Army. Signal Corps

Oh not unless one has a
Oh! not unless one has a human soul,” Lady Engleton reassured him.
— from The Daughters of Danaus by Mona Caird


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