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of us that we relate it to
You will not ask of us that we relate it to you.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

of unrepresented taxation which resulted in the
The same spirit prompted Herod to seek the life of Jesus—the same that drove our Pilgrim fathers to this continent, and the same that urged the English government to the system of unrepresented taxation, which resulted in the independence of the American colonies, is conspicuous in those bills.
— from The Women of Mormondom by Edward W. (Edward William) Tullidge

on using the word revolution in the
I see, then—if gentlemen insist on using the word "revolution" in the sense of a resort to force—a very great difference between their opinion and that of Mr. Madison.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1 by Jefferson Davis

on until they were right in the
The man and his daughter trudged on until they were right in the depth of the woods, and then the father stole away and returned home.
— from Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians by Woislav M. Petrovitch

open up the whole rottenness in this
“We had a chance to go to the high court with a case that would open up the whole rottenness in this state before we got done fighting, and you have sold out!”
— from The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot by Holman Day

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