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that I lacked do you
“You think that that was all that I lacked, do you not?
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

today I listened distracted y
But today I listened distracted y en sus pláticas hallé, and I found in her chatter si
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

the informant looked disappointed yet
Sharkey smiled blandly; the informant looked disappointed, yet confident.
— from A Vendetta of the Hills by Willis George Emerson

There is little difficulty you
“There is little difficulty, you see,” he said, “with your fellow Highlander.
— from A Prince of Good Fellows by Robert Barr

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