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She said, “I am a-weary a-weary, I would I were in bed;” which is not an unfrequent wish in some ball rooms.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley
St Paul indicates a real, and not unfrequent danger.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
The scene that ensued was of a character not unfrequent in low London districts, but none the less worthy of record.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
The Golden Eagle breeds only in the Highlands, but it is not an unfrequent visitor to the Lowlands of Scotland in the cold season.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
Among the former Cries of London, those of Elderberries, Dandelion, &c. were not unfrequent, and each had in its turn physicians as well as village doctresses to recommend them.
From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by John Thomas Smith
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