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should it ever be employed like
At the same time, he must remember to resist the temptation of keeping the right hand permanently on the reins, nor should it ever be employed like the coachman’s hand in fig.
— from Hints on Driving by C. Morley (Charles Lewis William Morley) Knight

slavery is established by existing laws
Such proof is required in the Senator’s amendment; and if he means by this that proof shall be brought that slavery is established by existing laws, it is impossible to comply with the requisition, for no such law can be produced, I apprehend, in any of the slave States.
— from The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Hinton Rowan Helper

SEEN IN EGYPT BY E L
THINGS SEEN IN EGYPT BY E. L. BUTCHER.
— from Things seen in Spain by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

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