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sighs as the victorious instinct knocks
The brain has probably forgotten the affair entirely, or remembered it too late; or sighs, as the victorious instinct knocks it on the head: 'Well, next time!'
— from The Human Machine by Arnold Bennett

ship and these visitors I know
What passed between the officers of the ship and these visitors I know not; but
— from Of the Capture of Ticonderoga: His Captivity and Treatment by the British by Ethan Allen

slavers and those vessels I knew
Seen from the fore-topmast crosstrees—to which I ascended for the purpose of getting a good look at her—she appeared to be one of those immensely beamy, shallow craft, copied from the slavers; and those vessels, I knew, although they generally sailed like witches, were often anything but weatherly.
— from A Middy of the King: A Romance of the Old British Navy by Harry Collingwood

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