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simply used no doubt expecting to
He had lost all; could not even replace the Sunday-school fund that he had simply used, no doubt expecting to replace it with usury; but the loss and disgrace were too much for him to face, so he deserted home and friends and honor and all, and secretly ran away.
— from Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes by J. M. Judy

such ungrounded noxious doctrines elaborating the
Set down, namely, his own earnest contradiction to such ungrounded noxious doctrines; elaborating the same more and more into clear logical utterance; till it swelled into a little Volume; which, so excellent was it, so important to mankind, Voltaire and friends were clear for publishing.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 by Thomas Carlyle

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