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set up doctrines rulerships and say
[Pg 206] The outer theocracy, the Kingdom of God within you, St. Paul with metaphysics, St. Augustine Babbling of sin in Cicero’s rhetoric, The popes with their intrigues and millions slain O ghastly waste, if not O ghastly failure, Beside which all the tragedies of time To set up doctrines, rulerships, and say: Are not a finger scratched.
— from Domesday Book by Edgar Lee Masters

Stir until dissolved reheat and serve
Stir until dissolved, reheat and serve.
— from The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed

skipping unafraid Darting rioting about Squealing
How they took their places, Hopping, skipping, unafraid, Darting, rioting about, Squealing, laughing, shouting out!
— from Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Volume 01 October-March, 1912-13 by Various

she undoubtedly did receive a severe
“It was not the lightning, altogether, though she undoubtedly did receive a severe shock.
— from Rim o' the World by B. M. Bower

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