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this observation upon closing his evidence
What could have induced Colonel Taylor to make this observation upon closing his evidence?
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

the office use clerk hire etc
The gain to the companies would be the additional patronage which lower rates and regular collection and delivery would give, also the saving of this expense and the office use, clerk hire, etc., and other expenses incidental thereto.
— from The American Postal Service History of the Postal Service from the Earliest Times by Louis Melius

two of us carry him easily
"Dere am no great weight here, and de two of us carry him easily."
— from With the Dyaks of Borneo: A Tale of the Head Hunters by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

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