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proceed affixing limitations lugging in definitions and
As soon as the first glimmering of an idea has dawned upon you, there is no reason why you should not begin to inscribe, for you can wallow round and round as you proceed, affixing limitations, lugging in definitions and explanations as fast as they suggest each other, and need never go back to reshape your beginning.
— from The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 by William James

perhaps a little later I dismounted at
At the appointed hour, or perhaps a little later, I dismounted at Castle Connor; and, on entering the hall, I observed a gentleman issuing from O'Connor's private room.
— from The Purcell Papers — Volume 1 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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