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"ref": "1967 July 7, William A. McWhirter, “How Art Swindlers Duped a Virtuous Millionaire”, in LIFE, volume 63, number 1, page 54:",
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"ref": "2016, Lawrence Block, In Sunlight or In Shadow:",
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"ref": "1898, Khalīl Saʻādah, Caesar & Cleopatra, page 318:",
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"ref": "1914, Heinrich von Treitschke, Treitschke, His Life and Works, page 237:",
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"ref": "2005, Anthony Pepe, “ReCognition”, in ... That Defines the Light, page 26:",
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"ref": "1802, Hymns for Public Worship, page 48:",
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