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sovereign exhausted and weary of life found
A touchingly-beautiful figure amid the drama of the Napoleonic days was this gentle and yet high-spirited queen, who, when she had descended from the throne and had ceased to be a sovereign, exhausted and weary of life, found refuge at length in the grave, yet still survived among us as a queen--no longer, indeed, a queen of nations, but
— from Queen Hortense: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

sally evoked a wave of laughter from
This sally evoked a wave of laughter from the crowd, and Rastus joined in with as much enjoyment as if he had caused it.
— from Northern Georgia Sketches by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben

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