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But these promotions were granted to reasons ef state convenience and personal interest, rather than as rewards of extraordinary merit.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett
An laborando lassarentur, et ad virium reparationem egerent somno, cibo, ac potu, et quo? et consequenter an interirent, et subinde, an a cæteris animalibus casu, aut ruina possent occidi?
— from Demoniality; or, Incubi and Succubi by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari
"Instead of 'Marshall McMahon McNutt, dealer in Real Estate an' Spring Chickens,' I want to make it read: 'dealer in Real Estate, Spring Chickens an' Poetry.'
— from Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
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