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better left unsaid for from standing
The last words, which were uttered in warm excitement, would have been better left unsaid; for, from standing melted and overcome, with tears in her eyes, she suddenly fired up against the accusation.
— from One of Life's Slaves by Jonas Lie

been lifted up four feet she
"When she has been lifted up four feet, she is to go ahead," repeated Christy, in the tone of a musing man.
— from Within The Enemy's Lines by Oliver Optic

but little use for Fletcher s
Mr. Sandford had now but little use for Fletcher's services, except to look after his debtors,—to know who was "shinning" in the street, or "kite-flying" with accommodation-paper.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

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