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secretary a ruined attorney named Delbecq a
Wholly occupied as he was by the anxieties of consuming ambition, he had attached to himself, as secretary, a ruined attorney named Delbecq, a more than clever man, versed in all the resources of the law, to whom he left the conduct of his private affairs.
— from Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac

s all right and no debate And
He's at his proper fighting veight— Heavier nor Sam by far; Tho' Sam's all right, and no debate, And fine as any star.
— from Gallery of Comicalities; Embracing Humorous Sketches by Robert Cruikshank

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