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the enemy and said Likely enough she
But Jip, who had heard her, poked his nose between the bamboo bars of the fence to get a better view of the enemy and said, “Likely enough she’s gone after the Black Parrots.
— from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

their ease and some looked even splendid
The equipages which filled the streets were in general elegant, and lined with silk; the dresses of the principal inhabitants were in the highest fashion, and all looked perfectly at their ease, and some looked even splendid.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

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