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to use Recreations but in the Evening
'Tis Lawful for People to use Recreations; but in the Evening of the Lord
— from The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination, (Vol. 1 of 3) by Robert Calef

to utter ruin but in the extremely
The design was an impossible one, and her obstinate persistence therein went near to bring England to utter ruin, but in the extremely difficult position wherein she found herself on her accession to the throne she had much excuse for a tortuous policy.
— from A History of the British Army, Vol. 1 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War by Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

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