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There are bad boys in every school
"There are bad boys in every school.
— from Senator North by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

time a bullet burst it either scattered
Every time a bullet burst it either scattered and injured many or else it lodged in a solitary man and blew a big piece out of him.
— from Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys by Luis Senarens

Talking About Baby Bears IMAGE END Surprising
" IMG 'Talking About Baby Bears' IMAGE END Surprising as it may appear, nothing happened on that railroad journey.
— from A Bicycle of Cathay by Frank Richard Stockton

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