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parlour a very large one for
There were three chairs in the parlour, a very large one for Mr. Bruin, another of middling size for Mrs. B., and a nice little chair for Tiny.
— from A Apple Pie and Other Nursery Tales by Unknown

permit a very long one from
A work which has three prefaces by its author may be thought by some to need, and by others not to permit, a very long one from its translator.
— from Hesperus; or, Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days: A Biography. Vol. I. by Jean Paul

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