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student and read Godwin on necessity
“Throw aside your books of chemistry,” said Wordsworth to a student, “and read Godwin on necessity.”
— from The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by Daniel J. MacDonald

she a respectable girl or not
Was she a respectable girl or not?
— from The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 02 by Georg Ebers

So again Representative Gaston of North
ToList So again Representative Gaston, of North Carolina, a member of the same political party as Morris, speaking from his seat in the House in February, 1814, [4] maintained the British doctrine of inalienable allegiance.
— from Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

shedding a red glare over No
Then flames appeared, shedding a red glare over No Man's Land.
— from From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Philip Gibbs

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