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smiles and bows and listens and nobody
Guardy has concocted a story, and tells it with his blandest air to everybody; and everybody smiles, and bows, and listens, and nobody believes a word of it.
— from The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week by May Agnes Fleming

soldiers as brave as lions and nearly
Both were experienced soldiers, as brave as lions and nearly as cruel as Pedrarias himself—being indeed worthy disciples of his school.
— from South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady


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