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such panegyrics upon Roman ladies
It was not usual to pronounce such panegyrics upon Roman ladies unless they had attained to an advanced age.
— from History of Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott

Sunset Park unhappily rechristened Lafayette
A little farther westward is the old-time Sunset Park, unhappily rechristened "Lafayette" during the war, a pretty bit of gardening surrounded by wide boulevards.
— from On Sunset Highways: A Book of Motor Rambles in California by Thos. D. (Thomas Dowler) Murphy

sylvan parlour upon Rydal Lake
Natural seats, mossy or bare, like those in our own sylvan parlour (upon Rydal Lake), all around in the rocks, kept up the idea; and a more lovely and silent spot could not have been selected for a holy purpose: the little Tarn too in sight, in time of drought, ready to supply their rocky font with fresh water."
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

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