If they are unworthy of us, our conduct and our consciences will in themselves protest and defend us from every accusation!”
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal
Ilikay kami sa kadaútan, Diyus nga túdu pudirúsu, God Almighty, deliver us from evil.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
And deliver us from evil.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
At first thought it is a little surprising to learn that the earliest official mention of a distinguishing uniform for English soldiers occurs among the Ordinances of Henry VIII, but when we consider 56 that armour in various styles was largely used until Tudor times, the fact is not so striking.
— from Chats on Military Curios by Stanley C. (Stanley Currie) Johnson
We have seen the ancient throne of the Capets tumbled from its base; we have seen the tide of succession which had flowed on uninterruptedly for ages dammed up for ever; we have seen the sources of the life blood royal drained dry.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress
Another Paper was also drawn up for every Man to swear what Clothes, Goods, &c. he had received of the Agents, and to restore whatever he had taken without the Agents Knowledge, in order to a just distribution of the Plunder, and every one was to oblige himself in a Penalty of 20 s. for every Shilling Value that should be found about him conceal’d, besides the former Penalty agreed on of losing his Share of any Prize or Purchase for concealing above the Value of half a Piece of Eight; and for the Incouragement of Discoveries the Informer was to have half the Penalty, and the Protection of the Commanders.
— from A Cruising Voyage Around the World by Woodes Rogers
In this horrible distress nothing occurred to him except to whisper the Lord’s Prayer; but [114] as his terror increased, his voice grew louder and louder, until he fairly shouted the words, “And deliver us from evil,” and the echoes from the vast solitudes repeated, first clearly and loudly, then with fainter and fainter accents: “And deliver us from evil—and deliver us from evil.”
— from The Modern Vikings: Stories of Life and Sport in the Norseland by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
From our very cradles she had always destined us for each other.
— from Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 4 by Madame de Montespan
All our friends, Hindoo, Armenian, and Afghan, dissuaded us from encountering the Khan of Khiva, who was described as inimical to Europeans; but, since we resolved to run every risk, and follow the route which would lead us upon [325] him, I waited on our patron, the Vizier, and made him acquainted with our intentions.
— from Travels Into Bokhara (Volume 1 of 3) Being the Account of A Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, From the Sea to Lahore, With Presents From the King of Great Britain; Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833 by Burnes, Alexander, Sir
Tonto beamed and dished up fresh eggs with the bacon.
— from The Lone Ranger Rides by Fran Striker
After dippin' us finger ends in we rubbed us faces ovver an' tryin' to believe at we wor a deeal better for th' trouble we started for a luk raand aghtside.
— from Seets i' Paris Sammywell Grimes's trip with his old chum Billy Baccus, his opinion o' th' French, and th' French opinion o' th' exhibition he made ov hissen by John Hartley
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