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the rest ere you forsake

Master bridegroom, I have made your peace, give me your hand: so will I for all the rest ere you forsake my roof.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

the Regents every year funds

Their superintendence is not inefficient, for several reasons: the colleges in order to become corporations stand in need of a charter, which is only granted on the recommendation of the Regents; every year funds are distributed by the State for the encouragement of learning, and the Regents are the distributors of this money.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

t rotten enough yet for

But though he lik'd things in bad odour, The Gallery pleas'd not his whim; For though very fair game was the building, 'Twasn't rotten enough yet for him.
— from The Comic Almanack, Volume 2 (of 2) An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett

the Revival exuberant yet full

All sorts of animals are made use of—a winged stag drinks from a cornucopia, sea-gods and mermaids are instructing nymphs to ride on dolphins, a sphinx plays with a dragon, satyrs are placed in a vintage scene, sirens beguile centaurs with music—all in the fancy of the Revival, exuberant, yet full of dainty grace.
— from Pintoricchio by Evelyn March Phillipps

traveller returns each year for

Not the least of La Toja's glories are the gorgeous sunsets—pictures so wondrous that at least one traveller returns each year for the special purpose of enjoying them.
— from A Corner of Spain by Walter Wood

then rejoice ere youth From

Let us then rejoice, ere youth From our grasp hath hurried; After cheerful youth is past, After cheerless age, at last, In the earth we’re buried.
— from Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Hezekiah Butterworth

took rooms each year for

In the season in London (though not in the former house; she took rooms each year for three months), the rest of the year at Knightswell, she pursued her social triumphs; people held that she was more charming than ever.
— from Isabel Clarendon, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Gissing

to require eight years for

Some of them were so distant as to require eight years for their light to reach us, which inclines us to bow our heads whispering to ourselves, "All we know is as nothing to the unknown."
— from Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie

This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight, shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?) spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words. Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?

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