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sense it conveys strong and clear

In her style of writing, indeed, no sex appears, for it is like the sense it conveys, strong and clear.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

servus in currû stâns auream corônam

Post eum servus in currû stâns auream corônam super caput eius tenêbat.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

servus in currū stāns auream corōnam

Post eum servus in currū stāns auream corōnam super caput eius tenēbat.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

seating in church See Amalgamation c

Prescod, Mr. Promiscuous seating in church (See "Amalgamation," &c. ) Proprietor, testimony of.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

says I come she answers Come

He says, "I come;" she answers, "Come.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation by William Milligan

seek its chief support and confidence

It is the character of true wisdom to seek its chief support and confidence within itself, and to place that support in the resources which proceed from a conscious rectitude of will.
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Alexander Pope

so I can smoke a cigarette

Now will you let me out of this jacket so I can smoke a cigarette?
— from Charity Case by Jim Harmon

sing in chorus sweet and clear

"I saw the blue Rhine sweep along I heard, or seemed to hear, The German songs we used to sing, in chorus sweet and clear; And down the pleasant river, and up the slanting hill, The echoing chorus sounded through the evening calm and still; And her glad blue eyes were on me as we passed with friendly talk, Down many a path beloved of yore, and well-remembered walk
— from The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick

slaves in China see also Chinese

III.) of the legal condition of slaves in China; see also Chinese Repository , Vol.
— from The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants by S. Wells (Samuel Wells) Williams

Slaughterhouses in Chicago stopped and cattle

Slaughterhouses in Chicago stopped and cattle starved to death in their pens, because farmers in the Midwest couldn't cut hay or harvest grain.
— from Watchbird by Robert Sheckley

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