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those obstacles reappear solidly enough later
Certainly, those obstacles reappear solidly enough later on, asserting their value and taking their revenge, so much so, that the young lovers are obliged to separate and Romeo goes into exile.
— from Ariosto, Shakespeare and Corneille by Benedetto Croce

their own realm sometimes enact laws
Then the provincial Governments, sovereign in their own realm, sometimes enact laws which the federal Government declares affect general conditions
— from The Amazing Argentine: A New Land of Enterprise by John Foster Fraser

this or rather so easily led
Doing right is pleasant to every body, and no persons are so easily convinced of this, or, rather, so easily led to see it, as children.
— from The Teacher Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Jacob Abbott


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