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before I got him to

I worked more than half an hour before I got him to change the subject—and even then an outside matter did it for me.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

but it generally happens that

There may be cases in which the provinces, after separation, might usefully remain united by a federal tie; but it generally happens that if they are willing to forego complete independence, and become members of a federation, each of them has other neighbors with whom it would prefer to connect itself, having more sympathies in common, if not also greater community of interest.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

because it gave her the

A Viennese 'colorature' singer of the latest style—Madame Spatser Gentiluomo—who came to us from Hanover, and on whose services Marschner greatly relied, was rather taken with her part chiefly because it gave her the chance of showing 'brilliancy.'
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

but I give heaven thanks

I think of as many matters as he; but I give heaven thanks, and make no boast of them.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

because it gratifies him to

O.M. He does seven-tenths of the act because it gratifies him to gratify his mother.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

being in great haste to

Caesar says, that Lucius Vibullius Rufus, being in great haste to carry intelligence to Pompey, rode night and day, still taking fresh horses for the greater diligence and speed; and he himself, as Suetonius reports, travelled a hundred miles a day in a hired coach; but he was a furious courier, for where the rivers stopped his way he passed them by swimming, without turning out of his way to look for either bridge or ford.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

because it grieved her to

But then the elf-child sighed, and gave up her sport, because it grieved her to have done harm to a little being that was as wild as the sea-breeze, or as wild as Pearl herself.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

before I gave her to

"I with gold adorned her, and with fine raiment, before I gave her to the Gothic people.
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

but I gave him the

I could not acknowledge the paternity to the world, but I gave him the best of educations, and since he came to manhood I have kept him near my person.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

but in God he tore

Putting his trust not in the number of his own men, but in God, he tore his shirt, which they call an undertunic, placed it as a banner on his spear, and commanded his companions to do the same.
— from The Deeds of God Through the Franks by Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert

Brock in giving her the

Mr. Brock, in giving her the necessary directions, observed that she was a remarkably elegant and graceful woman, and looked after her as she bowed and left him, wondering who Mrs. Armadale’s visitor could possibly be.
— from Armadale by Wilkie Collins

by increasing gradually his tractor

A light tractor was clamped on and the Boise flashed up to close range before Rodebush threw on her inertia and Cleveland brought the two vessels relatively to rest by increasing gradually his tractor's pull.
— from Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

be in good hands to

"My poor dear hubby," said the angel, squeezing out a mild tear, "oo will be in good hands to advise oo; for I've been and told Pa!"
— from What Will He Do with It? — Volume 08 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

bidding Isabella give him the

When Villenoys , who would, for the Safety of Isabella’s Honour, be the sole Actor in the disposing of this Body; and since he was Young, Vigorous, and Strong, and able 319 to bear it, would trust no one with the Secret, he having put up the Body, and ty’d it fast, set it on a Chair, turning his Back towards it, with the more conveniency to take it upon his Back, bidding Isabella give him the two Corners of the Sack in his Hands; telling her, They must do this last office for the Dead, more, in order to the securing their Honour and Tranquility hereafter, than for any other Reason, and bid her be of good Courage, till he came back, for it was not far to the Bridge, and it being the dead of the Night, he should pass well enough.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume V by Aphra Behn

because it gives health to

Mothers like Castoria because it gives health to the Child and rest to themselves , and Physicians use Castoria because it contains no morphine or other narcotic property. PERSONAL.
— from The Nursery, Number 164 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various

before I got half through

For, before I got half through the contents of that horrible communication, I realised the hideous fact.
— from A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford

Before I get home to

Before I get home to-night I shall have seen so much suffering that I shall be ashamed to nurse my own trouble.”
— from The Fortunes of the Farrells by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

believe it generally happens that

I believe it generally happens that way.
— from Man Overboard! by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

by itself give him the

But what I wish now to point out is that no one's observation of his own perceptions, thoughts and [Pg 90] feelings, can, by itself, give him the slightest reason for believing in the existence of any such material objects.
— from Philosophical Studies by G. E. (George Edward) Moore

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