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prodigious in resources splendid in genius
France and Germany are most unlike, and yet the peers of each other, while among the nations they are unsurpassed in civilization, each prodigious in resources, splendid in genius, and great in renown.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 18 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

plan is remarkably similar in general
It will be observed that this plan is remarkably similar in general characters to the ground plan of Zuñi.
— from Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 by Cosmos Mindeleff

post I reckon so I got
"So much, Martin?" "Ah, but it'll be backed down a bit afore you get to the post, I reckon, so I got my fifty guineas down on you a good hour ago."
— from The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol

planted in rich soil it grows
In a sheltered corner, and planted in rich soil, it grows and flowers freely.
— from Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster

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