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• He had accepted the assurance cheerfully, because he had not really cared whether they found paradise or only the Champs-Elysees, so long as the place was a pleasant one. —  Busman’s Honeymoon
• Stisted. Unlike the rest of the world she lived neither at the “Ponte,” nor at the “Villa,” nor at the “Bagni Caldi,” but at “The Cottage,” a little habitation on the bank of the stream about half-way between the “Ponte” and the “Villa.” Also unlike all the rest of the world she lived there permanently, for the place was her own, or rather the property of her husband, Colonel Stisted. —  What I Remember, Volume 2
• For the place was the city of Glaston, the Company being once more in East Tennessee, and the lion spoke the old familiar mountain dialect so easily recognizable in this locality. —  Una Of The Hill Country 1911
• My heart misgave me, for the place is a bad one--all full of stumps and stones, with the furious rapid before mentioned just below, and the rough unsteady stones of the old dike as an uncertain path-way to gallop over should the fish go down the river. —  Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication
• In the first place, the Shah has seized all his property: his house, furniture, and live stock, including his Georgian slaves, are to be given to Khur Ali Mirza, one of the king’s younger sons: his village now belongs to the prime vizier: his place is about to be bestowed upon Mirza Fűzűl; and, to crown all, his wife has married his son’s tutor. —  The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

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