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such a post involved no duties and
He had asked for it, because he did not wish to have the appearance of expatriating himself; for as the service was then conducted, such a post involved no duties and brought in no returns.
— from James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury

see any profit in now discussing an
'I don't question your good opinion, Miss Brandon, of your own discretion; but I can't see any profit in now discussing an engagement of more than two months' standing, or a marriage, which is fixed to take place only ten days hence.
— from Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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