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should never envy elbow slander hate
But all people can and should be just, merciful; they should never envy, elbow, slander, hate, or try to injure, but always should try to bless their fellow-mortals.
— from Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy

sewing no emotion ever stirs him
170 was sewing, no emotion ever stirs him to loquacity, so he only smiled too, dropping at the same time a single word of calm amazement to hear his character so darkly portrayed.
— from Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter

such narrow escapes ever since he
The boy has listened to stories of such narrow escapes ever since he was old enough to understand [69] these things.
— from Our Little Eskimo Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

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