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passed he is liable to return at
Though two years have passed, he is liable to return at any time and reclaim the sum he placed in my hands.
— from Making His Mark by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

principal haul I left the river and
After exhausting the charms of our occupation, finding that cat-fish were likely to be our principal haul, I left the river and went my rounds to the hospitals.
— from Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation: 1838-1839 by Fanny Kemble

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