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I cannot swear—Oh, now let Satan laugh, yet not unpitifully, since he and I, alone, know all the reasons why I may not swear!

From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by Cabell, James Branch

Guerrazzi therein unpitifully and ably scourges their political weaknesses, and their portefeuille rivalries, which obliged the Grand Duke in the end to throw himself into the arms of the democratic party.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various