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such as men usually receive in
Are the wounds of these men such as men usually receive in battle?
— from Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War Fort Pillow Massacre. Returned Prisoners. by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War

sake and make us rich if
us credit for your sake, and make us rich if we like."
— from Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker. In Three Volumes. Vol. III. by Berthold Auerbach

sea a most unpoetic river in
The Guadalquivir flows onwards in a torpid tide among canals and open trenches down to the sea, a most unpoetic river in all but the name.
— from Old Court Life in Spain, vol. 2/2 by Frances Minto Dickinson Elliot

surely also make us resolve in
It should surely also make us resolve in future to try to aid them as far as is in our power at home, and not thoughtlessly to increase their already stupendous burdens.
— from The Reality of War: A Companion to Clausewitz by Stewart Lygon Murray

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