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Bub und Knapp Herr
Schnell heran, schnell herab, Schneller kommt Al'e!— Häuptling und Bub' und Knapp, Herr und Vasalle!" or Strodtmann thus reproduce Tennyson:— "
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

baslan ug kasákit Happiness
Ang kalípay balúsan (baslan) ug kasákit, Happiness is followed by sorrow in turn.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Brittany unto King Howel
SO turn we unto Sir Lamorak, that rode toward Arthur's court, and Sir Tristram's wife and Kehydius took a vessel and sailed into Brittany, unto King Howel, where he was welcome.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

but Uncle Karl had
As soon as they had greeted each other - K. had invited him to sit in the armchair but Uncle Karl had no time for that - he said he wanted to speak briefly with K. in private.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

but unfortunately King Halfdan
Upon this Helgé assembled his people to hear the word which the messengers were to carry to their master, but unfortunately King Halfdan gave way to his waggish humour, and made scoffing reference to the advanced age of the royal suitor.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

back uppermost kicking his
Good aim was taken—a couple of loud reports echoed through the cave—one of Ossaroo’s arrows whistled, and penetrated the thick shaggy skin—and the next moment the huge black mass rolled down from the rock, and lay back uppermost, kicking his paws about in the last throes of death.
— from The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Mayne Reid

bubbling up keeps him
When, by the rule of nature, he should be at his strongest and the exigencies of the night shift require that he should sleep, that strength, bubbling up, keeps him awake, dead tired though he be, and when he requires to be active and vigorous just the reverse obtains.
— from Life in a Railway Factory by Alfred Williams

bring up knowing his
Because of this trait there arose quarrels, altercations on points of the smallest significance, which the man's acquaintances would purposely bring up, knowing his evil humor.
— from Brazilian Tales by Machado de Assis

bent upon keeping her
She grew more and more impatient, when she saw that he was bent upon keeping her; and when she had been nearly three hours over the game, she begged him to allow her to give it him.
— from Mabel: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3) by Newby, C. J., Mrs.

because unsound knowledge half
But in ultimate analysis this is to deny to it real knowledge, because unsound knowledge, half knowledge, also reduces the vigour of the part that it asserts to be known.
— from Theory & History of Historiography by Benedetto Croce

bear up knowing he
It helped her to bear up, knowing he’d died such a hero.
— from Georgina of the Rainbows by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

battle until Kershaw had
Now that they had actually started, I decided to wait before offering battle until Kershaw had gone so far as to preclude his return, feeling confident that my prudence would be justified by the improved chances of victory; and then, besides, Mr. Stanton kept reminding me that positive success was necessary to counteract the political dissatisfaction existing in some of the Northern States.
— from Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Volume 2 by Philip Henry Sheridan


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