Example Sentences

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This being the case, it being certain that no rank will reprieve a bad writer from final condemnation, the sycophantic glorifier of the public fancies his idol justified; but not so.

From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by De Quincey, Thomas

They do not promise, but they will reprieve, and save your life if you find the man.”

From Northern Lights by Parker, Gilbert