"Now look here, young fellow!" exclaimed the old man in a rage, his hair seeming to stand up straighter, "I don't want to be Uncle Billied by you, and I won't have it, either.
— from Judge Elbridge by Opie Percival Read
Nothing can be undone, but break your pride, do penance, and all can be forgiven.
— from The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
But listen, each of you, I adjure you: state what you demand of the other; and if, after all, ye be still bent upon blood, blood ye shall have.
— from Darnley; or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Now, another thing, you nearly bust us both by your blasted foolishness in going to sleep that day; but let that pass, because perhaps it would have been worse if we had not been put on our guard;
— from Kafir Stories: Seven Short Stories by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
See that the articles of the common creed which all profess, be unfeignedly believed by you; and that the petitions in the Lord's prayer be sincerely and earnestly put up to God; and that the ten commandments be heartily and entirely obeyed; and then no error or difference will be damning to you.
— from A Christian Directory, Part 3: Christian Ecclesiastics by Richard Baxter
Perhaps by then we may find not only your blind Uncle Bill, but your Uncle Simon and Aunt Sallie as well."
— from Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show by Laura Lee Hope
And then the lady stroked her children’s heads, and spoke, saying:— ‘Sleep, my little ones, a light delicious sleep; sleep, soul of mine, two brothers, babes unharmed; blessed be your sleep, and blessed may ye come to the dawn.’
— from Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Rendered into English Prose by of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion
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