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story about X If she
Dear, I'm sorry I told you that story about X——. If she sent this morning for £10 I must let her have it,
— from Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Horatia K. F. Eden

Strabo and Xenophon is simpler
At any rate the original character of the Median armies, as set before us in Scripture, and as indicated both by Strabo and Xenophon, is simpler than the Herodotean description.
— from The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3: Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

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