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They objected distance and danger; the latter, as Macpherson owns, to heighten the value of the ser-vice.
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The danger endeared the doctor to Mr. Grandison; a relief so seasonable endeared Mr. Grandison to the doctor; to them both Mr. Beau-champ, who would not stir from Athens, till he had seen him delivered; having busied himself in the interim, in the best manner he could (though he was obliged to use caution and secrecy) to do him ser-vice, and to suspend the fatal blow.
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Be this as it may, madam, said she, I have no ser-vice for Mr. Beauchamp: but if your ladyship, your sister, and your two lords, will allow me to cultivate your friendship, you will do me honour.
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I am the unhappy man who was hired into the ser-vice of the best of young ladies: whom I was the means of betraying into the power of Sir
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I have, said I, a great desire to do you ser-vice.
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Answering the call of your community through public ser-vice, volunteerism, personal commitment and sharing the fruits of your own success with those who need help.
The Ontario Budget 2002
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An enemy who employs 4GW tactics views whatever action he takes as one prong of a sustained campaign in the ser-vice of a political objective (and a political objective, despite all the focus on the bin Laden organization's religious zeal, is something bin Laden has).
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An enemy who employs 4GW tactics views whatever action he takes as one prong of a sustained campaign in the ser-vice of a political objective (and a political objective, despite all the focus on the bin Laden organization's religious zeal, is something bin Laden has).
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In 1854, the British army went into the Crimean War without a field commissariat, an effective system of supply, a corps of service troops, or an ambulance corps or medical ser-vice.
The War Against War Craig, Gordon A. 1999
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While reading the ser-vice over a poor young man he had nursed many weeks he took cold.
The Man Between, an International Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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