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Sir Hulbert at last left off pretending
Sir Hulbert at last left off pretending not to be anxious.
— from Nurse Heatherdale's Story by Mrs. Molesworth

should have a larger list of paying
Let us suggest farther, that the MISSIONARY, in its monthly issues, is full of the same sort of facts and thoughts, and should be more widely read—it should have a larger list of paying subscribers .
— from The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 12, December, 1889 by Various

She had a long life of perfect
She replied, "Why should you be surprised; you were at all three, weren't you?" She had a long life of perfect health and never paid the least attention to the worst of weather if she had a duty to perform.
— from Memories and Anecdotes by Kate Sanborn

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