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such pretty lanterns as the Chinese have
I never saw such pretty lanterns as the Chinese have.
— from Peeps Into China; Or, The Missionary's Children by E. C. (Edith Caroline) Phillips

some poor little animal that crosses his
A big man finds it easy to shoot a little bird in the air; and a big boy does not need to be brave to kill or cripple some poor little animal that crosses his path.
— from Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 4 October, 1897 by Various

simple perfect loved and the compound having
Many old writers erroneously represent the participle in ing as always active, and the participle in ed or en as always passive; and some, among whom is Buchanan, making no distinction between the simple perfect loved and the compound having loved , place the latter with the former, and call it passive also.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

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