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For my part, I gave up every thing after the disaster of Trafalgar; I could not be every where, and I had enough to occupy my attention with the armies of the continent."— Napoleon , Las Cases , tom. iii., p. 248.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume III. by Walter Scott
"Well, boys," remarked Mr. Larabee, as he paused in front of the eating place, "I got up early this morning, to take the first train here from Dankville, and I didn't eat much breakfast.
— from Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht; Or, A Young Millionaire and the Kidnappers by Howard Roger Garis
In {reading} all the early part I gave up entirely the Jura blocks, and was heartily ashamed of my appendix (499/2.
— from More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters by Charles Darwin
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