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was ennobling by comparison and so there
Love was absent from his life, or only present, if you prefer, in such a form that even the least serious of Burns’s amourettes was ennobling by comparison; and so there is nothing to temper the sentiment of indoor revelry which pervades the poor boy’s verses.
— from Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes by Robert Louis Stevenson

was eventually betrayed captured and sent to
Hofer remained safely hidden for some time, but he was eventually betrayed, captured, and sent to Mantua for the formality of a trial.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 3 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

were executed by Cole and sold to
Duplicates of the above paintings were executed by Cole, and sold to a gentleman in Cincinnati in the year 1846.
— from Haw-Ho-Noo; Or, Records of a Tourist by Charles Lanman

was established by Carrington a short time
This latter Fort was established by Carrington a short time after the establishment of Fort Phil Kearney, and was a two-company post.
— from Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the Sioux by Cyrus Townsend Brady

will ever be careless about such things
"I don't think you will ever be careless about such things again.
— from North of Fifty-Three by Bertrand W. Sinclair

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