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specimen however of the parts unpublished the
As a specimen, however, of the parts unpublished, the following fragment from the first scene of Act II. may be offered.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Still he opened the paper under the
Still, he opened the paper under the lamp—a sheet of notepaper with some lines of writing on the first page; and on the top of it, printed, the name of a hotel, "The Swan, Tormouth."
— from The de Bercy Affair by Louis Tracy

some hints of the principles underlying that
The question of the specific lines on which the individual may be most perfectly trained into such recognition of his true relation to the All-embracing Spirit of Life is therefore of supreme importance, but it is also of such magnitude that even to briefly sketch its broad outlines would require a volume to itself, and I will therefore not attempt to enter upon it here, my present purpose being only to offer some hints of the principles underlying that wonderful three-fold unity of Body, Soul, and Spirit which we all know ourselves to be.
— from The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science by T. (Thomas) Troward

second hemistich of the pentameter up to
Nec (non) meminisse is metrically useful for filling the second hemistich of the pentameter up to the disyllable; so used at vi 50 'arguat ingratum non meminisse sui', Tr IV iv 40 & V xiii 18, and EP II iv 6.
— from The Last Poems of Ovid by Ovid


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