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The annual rainfall is not greater
The annual rainfall is not greater, not so great, indeed, as in some parts of the Atlantic seaboard.
— from A Report on Washington Territory by William Henry Ruffner

This artificial resistance is nicely graduated
This artificial resistance is nicely graduated, and as the method of testing was suggested by Ohm, a German electrician, the unit of resistance is, as we once previously explained, termed an "ohm."
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 730 December 22, 1877 by Various

that a rhyme is never good
Remember that a rhyme is never good so long as one
— from The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas

the ancient rites in northern Germany
But the contention was unequal, from the different characters of the parties; religious zeal and devotion, which, fifty years before, had overthrown the ancient rites in northern Germany, were now more invigorating sentiments in those who rescued them from further innovation.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various

that a rhyme is never good
Remember that a rhyme is never good so long as one can find a better.”
— from The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

The Australian rule in New Guinea
"The Australian rule in New Guinea is going to be terrible,
— from The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Stephen Lucius Gwynn


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