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the ablest literary celebrities on the Tory side
It was founded in the Tory interest for the defence of Church and State, and it had Gifford for its first editor, while the contributors included, besides Southey and Scott, all the ablest literary celebrities on the Tory side, of which the most zealous and frequent was John Wilson Croker.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

to a little cove on the Tenean shore
"For my part, I am willing to be landed here;" and he pointed to a little cove on the Tenean shore.
— from Little By Little; or, The Cruise of the Flyaway by Oliver Optic

toward a little clump of trees to sit
As Ruth and Alice, with Paul and Russ, were walking off toward a little clump of trees, to sit down in the shade, Alice, glancing across the fields, saw a figure that caused her to cry out: "That man!
— from The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays by Laura Lee Hope

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