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All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."

Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.

John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,—probably allegorical, meaning “Fountain of Repose.”

The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.

So my mother begged me to slip into the Rooms, with what was left, and try to get something back.

Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.

Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.

What the economist does is to slip out of the difficulty altogether by begging the whole question.

Only then did I own that by hook or by crook—and mostly by crook, I was forced to suspect—they had purposely given me the slip.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

It's easy for a prisoner t' slip a note to a friend that happens t' be mountin' guard.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

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OCTOBER 26, 1985