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• As the meal progressed, and the last of the champagne sparkled in his glass, certain things said to him by Zuleika--certain implied criticisms that had rankled, yes--lost their power to discommode him. —  Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story
• There can be no neutrals in this war--only patriots and traitors As the war progressed, the great political parties of the country underwent important changes, both of organization and policy. —  The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes
• As the war progressed, the applications were numerous, and the need of this kind of service great, but the rigid scrutiny first adopted by Miss Dix continued, and many were rejected who did not in all respects possess the qualifications which she had fixed as her standard. —  Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
• But as the war progressed, these patriotic women felt that they ought to do more for the soldiers, than simply to minister to those of them who were in the hospitals of the city. —  Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
• As the chase progressed, my horse came to his work more kindly, and soon appeared to take a great interest in the exciting race I let him fall back a little, and then, by dashing the spurs deep into his sides, brought him up directly alongside, and within three or four yards of the infuriated beast I fired my other pistol, and the buffalo shrank as the ball struck just behind the long hair on his shoulders. —  Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet

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