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she had a very eager Hunger
Of these the first that I'll mention shall be this; From the time that Margaret Rule first found herself to be formally besieged by the Spectres untill the Ninth Day following, namely from the Tenth of September to the Eighteenth, she kept an entire Fast, and yet she was unto all appearance as Fresh, as Lively, as Hearty, at the Nine Days End, as before they began; in all this time, tho' she had a very eager Hunger upon her Stomach,
— from The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination (Vol. 2 of 3) by Robert Calef

suddenly heard a voice exclaim Here
Amidst them all I suddenly heard a voice exclaim, "Here, here!
— from The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 15 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

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