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and crossed his arms but

With unastonished eyes Fedallah gazed, and crossed his arms; but the tiger-yellow crew were tumbling over each other’s heads to gain the uttermost stern.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Alastor Chromius Haemon and Bias

" With this he left them and went onward to Nestor, the facile speaker of the Pylians, who was marshalling his men and urging them on, in company with Pelagon, Alastor, Chromius, Haemon, and Bias shepherd of his people.
— from The Iliad by Homer

A1 c1 hold a buffet

v [A1; c1] hold a buffet dinner.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

also calls himself a barrister

He also calls himself a barrister, though he is such only in his own imagination.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

and Clerval had always been

I acceded with pleasure to this proposition: I was fond of exercise, and Clerval had always been my favourite companion in the rambles of this nature that I had taken among the scenes of my native country.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

a case had arisen before

" It can hardly be supposed, however, that so enlightened a judge as Sir Matthew Hale would not have broken away the Year Books, if a case had arisen before him where property had been received as a pure favor to the plaintiff, without consideration or reward, and was taken from the defendant by robbery.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

April Cyrus Harding accompanied by

The next day, the 21st of April, Cyrus Harding accompanied by Herbert, went to look for the soil of ancient formation, on which he had already discovered a specimen of ore.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

any circumstances has always been

Greatness, in any period and under any circumstances, has always been rare.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

and crossing his arms before

Once out of Auteuil, Andrea looked around, in order to assure himself that he could neither be seen nor heard, and then, stopping the horse and crossing his arms before the man, he asked: “Now, tell me why you come to disturb my tranquillity?”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

are conducting here a business

The national capital has become a subheadquarters of the Louisiana Lottery Company, and its numerous agents and attorneys are conducting here a business involving probably a larger use of the mails than that of any legitimate business enterprise in the District of Columbia.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison by Benjamin Harrison

and Clare had already beheld

Mrs. Doria's maternal heart had betrothed the two cousins, Richard and Clare; had already beheld them espoused and fruitful.
— from The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete by George Meredith

alluvial clays have apparently been

The alluvial clays have, apparently, been formed by overflowing streams and rivers, the material in suspension in the water being deposited as the rate of flow diminished.
— from The Natural History of Clay by Alfred B. (Alfred Broadhead) Searle

and called him a boy

Cornwallis laughed at him and called him a "boy"; but he found that General Lafayette was a "boy" who knew how to fight.
— from The Beginner's American History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery

and come here and be

"As for you, Ah Kim, you shall always be honourable and lovable for me, and some day, when it is not necessary for you to take me by the ear, I shall marry you and come here and be with you always, and you will be the happiest pake in all Hawaii; for I have had two husbands, and gone to high school, and am most wise in making a husband happy.
— from On the Makaloa Mat/Island Tales by Jack London

and carpentry had all been

The actual decay of the house had been prevented by my dear father; and the roof, windows, masonry, and carpentry had all been kept in repair.
— from Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

and consider him a brother

We are deluded by his power and consider him a brother.
— from The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry by W. G. (William George) Archer

A crack had appeared between

A crack had appeared between the floor and the tilting slab.
— from Witches Cove A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

and Copplestone has a black

Grace told me that old Squire Cloberry rides and blows his horn to egg-on the Whish Hounds, and Copplestone has a black horse, and he strikes spurs into its sides when the boy stabs him in the back, and screams with pain.
— from Eve: A Novel by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

A cabman has already been

A cabman has already been spoken to, and a shilling fare has been sketched out for the eventful morning, which is so arranged as to terminate at the toll-house, from which Mr. Smith can only be absent for about an hour, during which time the toll will be taken by an amateur of celebrity.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 by Various

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