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RILEY Esq THEIR AGENT IN NEW
AT BALTIMORE; AND THEODORE W. RILEY, Esq., THEIR AGENT IN NEW YORK.
— from Guano: A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers by Solon Robinson

reflection extending to an interminable nowhere
Alice drew near the stately cabinet and threw wide the doors, which, like the portals of a palace, stood between two pillars; it all seemed to be unlocked, showing within some beautiful old pictures in the panel of the doors, and a mirror, that opened a long succession of mimic halls, reflection upon reflection, extending to an interminable nowhere.
— from Sketches and Studies by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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