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present although ruined and desolate it still
At present, although ruined and desolate, it still has a population of over a quarter of a million.
— from The International Development of China by Yat-sen Sun

plough and reap and dwell in safety
I should like to hear more of those countries where there is no vendetta ; where they plough and reap and dwell in safety; where fathers and brothers are not compelled to flee from their villages to the wild máquis and the mountain crags.’
— from Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester

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