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such a mistake should have occurred overwhelms
That such a mistake should have been made in respect to the bearer of a letter of introduction from my old friend General Watterson—we fought together in Wellington’s day—that such a mistake should have occurred overwhelms me with shame.’
— from In Kedar's Tents by Henry Seton Merriman

Saltover and Mrs Saltover having one of
In fact, Spindler had called a few evenings before at the house of the Rev. Mr. Saltover, and Mrs. Saltover, having one of her “Saleratus headaches,” had turned him over to her widow sister, Mrs. Huldy Price, who obediently bestowed upon him that practical and critical attention which she divided with the stocking she was darning.
— from Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation by Bret Harte


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