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• On the blank page at the commencement were the letters "E.P." He had no longer any doubt that it was the property of Elizabeth. —  John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
• Thus it came to pass that Harold's intercourse with the Senhorina was cut short at its commencement, and thus he missed the opportunity of learning something of the fortunes of Azinte; for it is certain that, if they had conversed much together, as would probably have been the case had her father lived, some mention of the slave-girl's name could not fail to have been made, and their mutual knowledge of her to have been elicited and interchanged In those days there was no regular communication between one point and another of the east coast of Africa and the neighbouring islands. —  Black Ivory
• Still they pressed on, and raised blisters on their feet and toes that caused them to limp woefully; then they learned that blisters break and take a long time to heal, and are much worse to walk upon during the healing process than they are at the commencement--at which time they innocently fancied that nothing could be more dreadful. —  The Young Fur Traders
• Its final act was to flourish its heels in the air, and utter a squeal of rage as it trotted into the midst of a group of its kindred which had already been treated in the same way A spirited literary commencement--the publication of newspapers--under men of great ability and high principle, bade fair to inaugurate an era of progress that might have quickly led the colony to a far greater height of moral, mental, and, by consequence, physical prosperity than it has ever yet attained; but a long struggle for freedom of the press followed, and in 1828 this freedom was secured. —  Six Months at the Cape
• At the commencement, the two parties were--those who supported him, not admitting that he was right, but too loyal to refuse to fight for their king--and those who opposed, hoping to force him to do right; the king for his supposed prerogatives, the people for their liberties. —  The Children of the New Forest

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