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such private reading undoubtedly exists
The desire for such "private" reading undoubtedly exists, especially in boys; but this is part of the general air of secrecy and vulgarity that has enshrouded the truth about sexual matters.
— from Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life by Maurice A. (Maurice Alpheus) Bigelow

some patients recover under every
Nobody doubts that some patients recover under every form of practice.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Senatus Populusque Romanus urbis et
[189] 'Senatus Populusque Romanus urbis et orbis totius domino Conrado.'
— from The Holy Roman Empire by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

See Puritanism Religion Unitarianism etc
(See Puritanism, Religion, Unitarianism , etc.)
— from Ralph Waldo Emerson by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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