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St Nicholas Acon in Lombard street
St. Nicholas Acon, in Lombard street.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

saying nothing about its lying so
Joe's conscience smote him at once, and as soon as service was ended away he flew to the village post-office, spelling out as he went the address on the envelope; which, when he found [49] was no sweetheart, but only a young lady, he concluded could be a letter of no consequence, and determined on saying nothing about its lying so long neglected in his pocket of his Sunday's best.
— from It May Be True, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

so numerous as in Lake Samamish
At Green Lake, near Georgetown, Colo.—a lake which is 10,000 feet above sea level—is a submerged forest of pine trees, some hundred feet tall, but not so numerous as in Lake Samamish.
— from Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900 Illustrated by Color Photography by Various

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