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s essay The horse is a noble
Irish Judges, in fact, are very like the horse Page 143 in the schoolboy's essay: 'The horse is a noble and useful quadruped, but, when irritated, he ceases to do so.
— from The Open Secret of Ireland by Tom Kettle

something else to him I am not
and he knew he worked in the Book Depository, and then Lieutenant Revill said something else to him, I am not—I don't know what he said, and they walked off in front of me going in around and in through the door over to the elevator to go up, and then we accompanied Agent Hosty up to Captain Fritz' office which is on the—— 50 Mr. Dulles .
— from Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

shall expect to hear it and now
"To-morrow, then, I shall expect to hear it; and now you may go and dream of it.
— from Aunt Kitty's Tales by Maria J. (Maria Jane) McIntosh

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