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am not getting up said Tula
“I am not getting up,” said Tula stolidly.
— from The Treasure Trail: A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Marah Ellis Ryan

and Ned going up stream to
Fenn had a fire going in the stove in short order as he found plenty of dry wood, and Ned, going up stream, to a quiet spot, in a little while had caught several fish.
— from The Heroes of the School; or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin by Allen Chapman

and never give up searching till
"Then Louis was full of shame, and declared they must ride back again, and never give up searching till they found the box.
— from Harper's Young People, January 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

all nations Germany undertakes strictly to
" [ 3 ] See, for example, the preamble to the Military, Naval and Air Clauses of the Treaty of Versailles: "In order to render possible the initiation of a general limitation of the armaments of all nations, Germany undertakes strictly to observe the military, naval and air clauses which follow.
— from The Geneva Protocol by David Hunter Miller

apparently never gone upstairs since the
A young man who clambered along the shore from one of those points reported finding day after day the same young lady stretched out on the same shawl, drying the same yellow hair, who had apparently never gone upstairs since the season began.
— from Dr. Breen's Practice by William Dean Howells

And now give us some tea
"And now give us some tea, for we're all ravenous!
— from Lady Connie by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

and now gazing upon some transparent
Julia had just risen from the piano: we had both been touched with a deeper sense of the thousand harmonies in nature, by listening to those of Rossini; and now, gazing upon some transparent, fleecy, white clouds that were slowly pressing forward in the path of the moonlight, as if in duteous attendance upon some maiden queen, our mutual minds were busied in framing pictures from the fine yet fantastic forms that glowed, gathering on our gaze.
— from Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story by William Gilmore Simms

all nations Germany undertakes strictly to
As considerable discussion is centered around them, I read the introductory words: “Part V, Military, Naval, and Air Clauses: In order to render possible the initiation of a general limitation of the armaments of all nations, Germany undertakes strictly to observe the military, naval, and air clauses which follow.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 3 by Various


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