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eye so that one can see
They have learned to make a false eye so that one can see with it.
— from Life in a Thousand Worlds by W. S. (William Shuler) Harris

eagerly seized the opportunity chance so
But when he saw Don Rodolfo despise the old tradition of his race—forget what he owed to his honour as a gentleman, so far as to marry an Indian girl and make common cause with the partisans of the Revolution, he eagerly seized the opportunity chance so providentially offered him to seize the power lost by his brother, and quietly put himself in his place.
— from Stronghand; or, The Noble Revenge by Gustave Aimard

each styling the other Cara Sorella
At the same time Emilia and Mrs. Shelley, exchanging visits and other courtesies, appropriate to gentlewomen affectionately disposed to one another, maintained a sisterly correspondence with the pen, each styling the other ‘Cara Sorella.’
— from The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 2 (of 2) by John Cordy Jeaffreson


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