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volunteers under Lewis Gunther of
Nine hundred soldiers under Essex, and four hundred noble volunteers under Lewis Gunther of Nassau, now sprang on shore, and drove some eleven hundred Spanish skirmishers back within the gates of the city, or into a bastion recently raised to fortify the point when the troops had landed.
— from History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

very ugly little girl of
One day we paused to watch a very ugly little girl of five nurse her wounded dog.
— from Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

very unhappy little girl ought
At last, as the bright summer's morning broke, she turned to Primrose and said eagerly— "Kneel down, Primrose, and ask God what a very ignorant, very unhappy little girl ought to do.
— from The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls by L. T. Meade

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