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be reared in a nunnery that

Does he know, for instance, that she had a daughter by her third marriage, whom, as an infant, she despatched to France to be reared in a nunnery, "that she may not," said the unhappy queen, "run the risk of having such a lot as I have"?
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various

But remember I am not to

"But, remember, I am not to be trifled with.
— from Lord Montagu's Page: An Historical Romance by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

be resone it aucht nocht to

Than be resone, it aucht nocht to be that Prince nor Knycht mak na Knycht of ane unworthy persone, na of villaine lignage.
— from The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood Translated from the French by Sir Gilbert Hay, Knight by Ramon Llull

by reading in a newspaper the

Soon after these events S. S. Simon was greatly relieved by reading in a newspaper the account of the sentence of Brindle Bill to the state prison for a long term of years.
— from Pen Pictures, of Eventful Scenes and Struggles of Life by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Craig

beaver regard it as necessary to

“Doesn’t the beaver regard it as necessary to dam his home before he considers it fit to live in?”
— from The Prairie Child by Arthur Stringer

beautiful relation I am now to

By such questionable terms our language names the beautiful relation I am now to set forth.
— from Altruism: Its Nature and Varieties by George Herbert Palmer

Black Rock Inn and near the

Before the Black Rock Inn, and near the mouth of the Wye, is Mathern, formerly the episcopal residence of the bishops of Llandaff.
— from The Wye and Its Associations: A Picturesque Ramble by Leitch Ritchie

by representing it as necessary to

Seneca has attempted, not only to pacify us in misfortune, but almost to allure us to it, by representing it as necessary to the pleasures of the mind.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson

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