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so one need not even trouble to
As he knew, they were the only lodgers on this top floor; and so one need not even trouble to avoid making a noise.
— from The Devil's Garden by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell

see other nations now entering that time
And if we see other nations now entering that time of triumph which passed for us so long ago, that perfecting of the natural man, [pg 020] with his valor and his song, we shall with fear and reverence remember that before them also lie the dark centuries of fiery trial; the long night of affliction, the vigils of humiliation and suffering.
— from Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Charles Johnston

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