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to unfurl in this island of Niué
[2] "Our king, Tuitonga, died on the 13th July last, but before he died he wished to write to Your Majesty, and beg you to send the powerful flag of Britain to unfurl in this island of Niué, in order that this weak island of ours might be strong.
— from Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga by Basil Thomson

to us is the Isle of Nuts
The only memorial of Van Twiller left to us is the Isle of Nuts, which lies in the bay between New York and Brooklyn, and which he purchased as his private domain.
— from Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe

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