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Scotland Yard must learn early the
An important official at Scotland Yard must learn early the value of self-control.
— from The de Bercy Affair by Louis Tracy

see you Mr Lyon exclaimed the
"I am delighted to see you, Mr. Lyon!" exclaimed the young lady, who was only nineteen years old, as she sprang to the hero of the night, grasped his hand, and then kissed him as though he had been a baby.
— from Brother Against Brother; Or, The War on the Border by Oliver Optic

Since your Majesty leaves everything to
If this were a trick to gain time, Dassel was prepared for it, and answered immediately,-- "Since your Majesty leaves everything to the Emperor's discretion, Frederic will expect you at the bridge over the Saône, on the 29th of this month."
— from Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Conrad von Bolanden

seventeen years Mr Litsey entered the
At the age of seventeen years Mr. Litsey entered the banking business, and he is now connected with the Marion National Bank, of his present home, Lebanon, Kentucky.
— from Kentucky in American Letters, 1784-1912. Vol. 2 of 2 by John Wilson Townsend

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