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up nor so have I planned
Not so my brave father brought me up, nor so have I planned for myself when I joined the standard of Aeneas, and resolved to hold my life cheap in comparison with honor."
— from Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

us now see him in person
Such were the doings of Rothschild: let us now see him in person.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 410, December 1849 by Various

up nor so have I planned
Not so my brave father brought me up, nor so have I planned for myself when I joined the standard of Æneas and resolved to hold my life cheap in comparison with honor."
— from The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855) by Thomas Bulfinch

utters no sound he is probably
He turns his eyes uneasily from crow to crow, and, although he utters no sound, he is probably cursing his luck that he has not a visual organ at the back of his head.
— from Jungle Folk: Indian Natural History Sketches by Douglas Dewar

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