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suddenly into something that eclipses me altogether
The tenth you blossom out suddenly into something that eclipses me altogether.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

shopkeeper I should think ever made a
No shopkeeper, I should think, ever made a practice of bribing customers by selling goods to them at a permanent loss, making it up to himself from other funds in his possession.
— from Principles of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill

shook it so that Evelyn might admire
And Sister Angela rose from her chair and turned the dress right side out and shook it, so that Evelyn might admire the handsome folds into which the silk fell.
— from Sister Teresa by George Moore

some instinctive sympathy their eyes met and
By some instinctive sympathy their eyes met, and each knew what the other's thoughts had been.
— from A Canadian Heroine, Volume 2 A Novel by Coghill, Harry, Mrs.

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