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she expressed a bitter opinion of the

She said that it was hopeless and she expressed a bitter opinion of the law.
— from We Can't Have Everything: A Novel by Rupert Hughes

successive Emperors and became one of the

It was built on to by successive Emperors, and became one of the most important centres of the City on memorable occasions, for this stronghold became known as the “Golden Gate,” the Porta Aurea, and its towering walls looked down upon great historic happenings.
— from The Passing of the Turkish Empire in Europe by B. Granville (Bernard Granville) Baker

sometimes entirely absorbed by one of the

Every man capable of emotion is capable of love, and at the same time, either of cruelty, of intellectuality, or of religious sentiment; but the emotional current is sometimes entirely absorbed by one of the human activities, and we have one variety of extreme types, the other variety being furnished by men of a great emotional receptivity and, consequently, of a great diversity of aptitudes.
— from Decadence, and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas by Remy de Gourmont

safely enough and by one of the

Special messengers could only be employed, men who at some personal risk could traverse the country intervening [57] and return with replies; and sometimes merchants and carriers from the two cities made their annual journeys with coast produce, to be exchanged for the cotton and woollen stuffs of Moodgul, and who took letters to and from Goa, and delivered them safely enough; and by one of the parties returned from the coast, Dom Diego had received the long-expected despatch from the Council.
— from A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 1 of 3) by Meadows Taylor

Stock Exchange and became one of the

He opened an office on Wall Street, bought a seat in the Stock Exchange, and became one of the most daring and successful of a group of robbers who preyed on the industries of the nation.
— from The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865-1900 by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

sometimes even as but one of the

As it is, these burdens are accepted as a matter of course, or sometimes even as but one of the many picturesque elements of Highland life.
— from Our Journey to the Hebrides by Joseph Pennell

shall earn and buy one of those

I’ll tell you what we will do, we will each put in a little money that we shall earn, and buy one of those black marble pedestals that are used to hold statues.
— from The Meadow-Brook Girls on the Tennis Courts; Or, Winning Out in the Big Tournament by Janet Aldridge

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