EXAMPLES.

1. "All were well _but_ the _stranger_." "I saw nobody but the

_stranger_." "All had returned but he." "None but the _brave_ deserve

the fair." "The thing they can't _but_ purpose, they postpone." "This

life, at best, is _but_ a dream." "It affords _but_ a scanty measure of

enjoyment." "If he _but_ touch the hills, they will smoke." "Man is

_but_ a reed, floating on the current of time."

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