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some of my better educated readers
At this point I think I hear some of my better educated readers exclaim, "How could you in Flatland know anything about angles and degrees, or minutes?
— from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Illustrated) by Edwin Abbott Abbott

some of my better educated readers
At this point I think I hear some of my better educated readers exclaim, “How could you in Flatland know anything about angles and degrees, or minutes?
— from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott

spite of my best efforts recover
I could never, in spite of my best efforts, recover either them or the missing funds.
— from Margaret Sanger: an autobiography. by Margaret Sanger

some of my better educated readers
As this point I think I hear some of my better educated readers exclaim, "How could you in Flatland know anything about angles and degrees, or minutes?
— from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott

Strength of materials by Edward R
R104431, 12Dec52, Alfred A. Knopf, inc. (PWH) MAURER, EDWARD R. Strength of materials, by Edward R. Maurer and Morton O. Withey.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1952 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

same order may be eventually removed
Is it not fair to suppose that many apparent discrepancies of the same order may be eventually removed by similar evidence?
— from Reason and Faith; Their Claims and Conflicts From The Edinburgh Review, October 1849, Volume 90, No. CLXXXII. (Pages 293-356) by Henry Rogers

such occurrences must be exceedingly rare
Happily such occurrences must be exceedingly rare, especially in this country, where the interval between death and burial is considerable, and the fear is almost a groundless one.
— from Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented by William Tebb

spite of myself baffling every remedy
My heart aches, my head swims; in the depths of my being, I feel a something obscure and burning—a something that has suddenly awakened in me like a latent disease, and now begins to creep through my blood and into my soul in spite of myself, baffling every remedy—desire.
— from The Child of Pleasure by Gabriele D'Annunzio


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