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see old people holding on not
"I like to see old people holding on, not losing interest in their appearance, making a brave show to the end…. — from Penny Plain by O. Douglas
susceptible of passion he offered notwithstanding
He had acquired possession of the enclosure, which was the object of competition, by a legal contract with the proprietor, Mr. Ireby; and yet, when accosted with reproaches undeserved in themselves, and galling, doubtless, to a temper at least sufficiently susceptible of passion, he offered notwithstanding, to yield up half his acquisition, for the sake of peace and good neighbourhood, and his amicable proposal was rejected with scorn. — from Chronicles of the Canongate, 1st Series by Walter Scott
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