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the artisan but ludicrously enough do
This we remark in the case of the artisan, but, ludicrously enough, do not apply the same rule to people of the richer sort.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

their armies by land except during
All troops of the United States shall stand ipso facto disbanded, at the expiration of the term for which their pay and subsistence shall have been last voted by Congress, and all officers and soldiers, not natives of the United States, shall be incapable of serving in their armies by land, except during a foreign war."
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 3 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

they are biting like everything down
They say they are biting like everything down in the creek.”
— from In the Sixties by Harold Frederic

there are but little experimental data
On this point there are but little experimental data.
— from Electric Transmission of Water Power by Alton D. Adams

them all before Leech ever drew
High or low, tipsy or sober, vulgar or refined, pleasant or the reverse, we knew them all before Leech ever drew them; and our recognition of them on his page is full of delight at meeting old familiar friends and seeing them made fun of for our amusement.
— from Social Pictorial Satire by George Du Maurier

their armies by land except during
All troops of the United States shall stand ipso facto disbanded, at the expiration of the term for which their pay and subsistence shall have been last voted by Congress, and all officers and soldiers, not natives of the United States, shall be incapable of serving in their armies by land, except during a foreign war.
— from Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson


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