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Word: almost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Almost beyond the scope...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DREAMS. | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

...consequently the payment of fifty cents became worse than a bore. His passion, too, for Spanish literature was evidently on the decline. Well, one day he said to the knight-errant who formed the other party to the contract: "Now, my friend, I shall be obliged to study during almost the whole time in future, and my door will be often locked to keep out loafers; so whenever you come here, just cry out 'Sancho Panza,' and I shall know who is without." Why proceed? Of course the name of poor Sancho never proved the "open sesame" to our room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNS. | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

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