"WANTED, few cwt. White Sugar, cart self; pay cash; state
price."--_Manchester Guardian_.
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"M. Trepoff accepted the leadership of the Right in the Council of
Empire after the party had pledged itself to eschew a retrograd
course."--_Manchester Evening Chronicle_.
Preferring a Petrograd one, of course.
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"His Majesty's Government has declared that it is ready to grant
sage-conducts to Count Bernstorff and the Embassy and Consular
personnel."--_Daily Mail_.
Hitherto his Excellency has been sadly lacking in this hyphenated article.
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