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blest I dine drink sing
My self on a soft plat, from us'ry blest; I dine, drink, sing, play, bath, I sup, I rest.
— from Lucasta by Richard Lovelace

but I delayed doing so
I now recollected that I had borrowed a powder-horn from one of the soldiers in the morning; and that I had intended to load my pistols, but I delayed doing so.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Popular Tales by Maria Edgeworth

busts in de door she
There am embers in de fireplace and she fills a pail with dem and when de Klux busts in de door she lets dem have de embers in de face, and den out de back door she goes.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by United States. Work Projects Administration

bin ich der Deine schon
bin ich der Deine schon, Oft zürnt' ich weinend, dass du immer Blöde die eigene Seele leugnest.
— from Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry by Wilhelm Alfred Braun


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