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spoke English not as the English speak
Then he resumed, in the rich deep voice that spoke English not as the English speak it, the voice that had done so much to bring the help of his great country into the War.
— from The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck

strung every nerve and trimmed every sail
My crew had now no wish to bear up for port short of one on our own coast, but, impatient to see the North Star appear higher in the heavens, strung every nerve and trimmed every sail to hasten on.
— from Voyage of the Liberdade by Joshua Slocum

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