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tall as Kasbek because it rises
'This sea,' answered Logotheti, 'is always most beautiful near land and amongst islands, and the big fire-mountain of Sicily looks as tall as Kasbek, because it rises from the water's edge to the sky.'
— from The Diva's Ruby by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

the Austrians knew be in retreat
For some two miles he might, for all the Austrians knew, be in retreat.
— from Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia by William Fiddian Reddaway

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