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I was one, sir, very much of one; that's why I am limping around now.

From The Statesmen Snowbound by Fitzgerald, Robert

Mon Dieu! yes, I am limping, and it's for life too; I shall always limp—it's the result of a fool's trick, an experiment, which I will tell you about directly.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de