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past eleven was it not George
Why, my dear Miss Thorne, we left Courcy Castle just at eleven; it was only just past eleven, was it not, George?
— from Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

previous essay which is now generally
Shakespeare's cognizance of Chapman's intention, as well as the manner in which he answered him, have been examined in detail in a previous essay which is now generally accepted by authoritative critics as definitely establishing the fact of Chapman's ingrained hostility to Shakespeare as well as his identity as the rival poet of the Sonnets.
— from Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Arthur Acheson

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