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Were my mind quite at ease, I could enlarge, perhaps not unusefully, upon this subject; for I have considered it with as much attention as my years, and little experience and observation, will permit.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Richardson, Samuel

Nor should I think raillery unworthy the attention of the lawyer; as it may occasionally come in, not unusefully, in his pleadings, as well as any other stroke of ornament, or entertainment.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton