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commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
- After the reputed wizard's death, his humble homestead had fallen an easy spoil into Colonel Pyncheon's grasp.Chapter 1 — The Old Pyncheon Family (14% in)
- It certainly operated to prolong in their case, and to confirm to them as their only inheritance, those feelings of repugnance and superstitious terror with which the people of the town, even after awakening from their frenzy, continued to regard the memory of the reputed witches.Chapter 1 — The Old Pyncheon Family (86% in)
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