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sinking had involved the loss of a dozen
It should have been sunk in mid-ocean, if its sinking had involved the loss of a dozen men-of-war.
— from The Great War Syndicate by Frank Richard Stockton

sovereignty he is the lowest of all dependants
The great men of that country, and particularly the Subahdar himself, the Nabob, are and is in so equivocal a situation, that it afforded him two bolting-holes, by which he is enabled to resist the authority of the Company, and exercise an arbitrary authority of his own: for, though the Nabob has the titles of high sovereignty, he is the lowest of all dependants; he appears to be the master of the country,—he is a pensioner of the Company's government.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

set him in the light of a deserter
He dropped his head disconsolately when she set him in the light of a deserter.
— from The Red Tavern by C. R. (Charles Raymond) Macauley

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