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two years running and no two
None of these electors might elect two years running, and no two might be of the same family.
— from The Story of Nuremberg by Cecil Headlam

the year round and neglecting the
Similar reasons of convenience account for their custom of celebrating marriages all the year round and neglecting the Hindu close season of the four months of the rains.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 4 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

the year round and never trouble
She is so satisfied with something or other about 'cursed be Canaan,' that she'd let Milly earn ten dollars a month for her, all the year round, and never trouble her head about taking every bit of it.
— from Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe

the Young Roscius a name that
About the same time in England another boy actor, Master Betty, was creating great excitement, and him they called the Young Roscius, a name that was quickly caught up by the admirers of the Yankee youth, who then became known as the Young American Roscius.
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

to your race and not to
You belong to your race, and not to yourself,—at least, your beauty is a gift not to be considered as a piece of private property.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

to you Robert and not to
But that is why I now give an explanation to you, Robert, and not to him.
— from The Doings of Raffles Haw by Arthur Conan Doyle

to your rescue and not to
I am come to your rescue and not to your disadvantage..
— from The Strong Arm by Robert Barr


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