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single pearl of unusual size and luster
He unfolded it, and there appeared to her startled eyes a single pearl of unusual size and luster.
— from The Locusts' Years by Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee

such peril over unknown seas and lands
It had really been worth while to voyage at such peril over unknown seas and lands, if this was to be the eventful haven, and when, at the end, Ferrers proposed the health of Iconium, his toast was drunk with acclamation.
— from David Blaize by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

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