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• The dormitory was plain, neat, and airy; in it on the wall were pasted the following passages of Scripture, viz., Psalms xv. —  The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
• Some officers are remarkably neat, and will scrape their floor space with pieces of glass from the broken windows; a few are listless, sullen, utterly despondent, regardless of surroundings, apparently sinking into imbecility; the majority are taking pains to keep up an appearance of respectability Many who have been kept awake through the night by cold or rheumatism now huddle around the stoves and try to sleep. —  Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5
• "It's neat, and it's comfortable, and I intend to wear it like this till I get ready to put it up. —  Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen
• He came here bright and neat, and merry and innocent; and now--" He would not finish the sentence, and his voice faltered; but checking himself, he added, more calmly--"This, remember, has been done to the poor little fellow here_, at Saint Winifred's; and when I remember what I might have been myself by this time, but for--but for one or two friends, my heart quite bleeds for him. —  St. Winifred's, or The World of School
• These latter looked surprisingly fresh and neat, as if but recently stored there, and presented a great contrast to the sea-stained memorials of ancient days. —  Chatterbox, 1906

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