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sake of rhyme but enough remained
Laura had, in several instances, sacrificed truth for the sake of rhyme, but enough remained to injure the vanity of the subjects of her song very sharply.
— from Dandelion Cottage by Carroll Watson Rankin

state of revolt but even round
Not only were the outlying districts in a state of revolt, but even round Pretoria the Boers were inclined to take the offensive, while both that town and Johannesburg were filled with malcontents who were ready to fly to their arms once more.
— from The Great Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle

silence our respectful but earnest remonstrances
Yet when it is used as an argument to justify slavery, or to silence our respectful but earnest remonstrances, we take exception to the parallelism on which these arguments are made to rest.
— from Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1 by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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