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  • In his tattered, single-breasted frock-coat, buttoned meagerly up to his chin, the shatter-brain made him a bow, which, for courtesy, would not have misbecome a viscount, then turned with silent appeal to the stranger.

    The Confidence-Man 1857

  • What progress Helen and her forces, a shatter-brain boy who did not know

    Country Lodgings Mary Russell Mitford 1821

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