"Certainly," answered Reynard, "you are not a bit better than nothing at all, you don't in the least satisfy me; make me a promise, that I shall have the hens in your father's yard, and you shall regain your liberty."
— from Grimm's Fairy Stories by Wilhelm Grimm
Ysporthen, n. a basket, a pannier Ysporthi, v. to support Ysporthiant, n. sustenance Yspwng, n. light tuft; sponge Yspwysiad, n. impression Yspydd, n. a jut or run out Yspyddad, n. hawthron Yssig, a. shattered, bruised Yssigdod, n. contusion Yssigiad, n. a crushing, a bruising Yssigo, v. to bruise, to shatter, to crush; to quell Ystac, n. a heap, a stack Yspaciad, n. a stacking Ystacio, v. to pile, to heap Ystad, n. a state, a condition Ystadaeth, n. statistics Ystaen, n. stain; tin: a. stained Ystaeniad, n. a staining; a tinning Ystafell, n. a chamber, a room Ystafellog, a. having a room Ystafellu, v. to form a room Ystafellydd, n. a chamberlain Ystafellyddes, n. a chambermaid Ystagiad, n. a suffocation Ystagu, v. to suffocate, to choke Ystang, n. a perch in measure Ystalm, n. a good while Ystalu, v. to form a stock Ystalwyn, n. a stallion Ystanc, n. a holdfast, a bracket, a wooden book.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
I can always run you about in an aeroplane, if you feel lonesome, provided we make enough money to buy one, that is.
— from Back to Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce
159 “When you see a creature in motion,” Mr. Brewster told the boys, “and particularly a bird, or its cousin, a reptile, you always gain an exaggerated idea of its length.”
— from Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery: A Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure by Andy Adams
And—if a poor bankrupt like myself may be permitted to claim a right, you are not so well entitled to that check as I am.
— from The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
lo qual y aver ydo algunos de los culpados a rroma y aver hallado alli buena acoxida y y dispensando con ellos les dieron ocasion de atreverse a ser pertinaces en sus herrores y dexar sucesion dellos como tanbien se
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3 by Henry Charles Lea
“Ah, Henri,” cried Arnaud Rigaux, “you are a true patriot.
— from At the Sign of the Sword: A Story of Love and War in Belgium by William Le Queux
By the way, how close and reserved you are with me!”
— from A Strange Story — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
YOUR EXCELLENCY, Viewing with concern and regret your approaching departure from India, we beg—in bidding you farewell—to express our admiration of your life and work as Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Forces in India, and to request you to permit your portrait to be placed in the Town Hall of Calcutta, in token for the present generation of their high appreciation of your eminent services, and in witness to a future generation of the esteem in which you were held by your contemporaries.
— from Forty-one years in India: from subaltern to commander-in-chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl
UNSELFISH DEVOTION Ye Concerts who plan for the welfare of Man and compose his occasional quarrels, Whom we properly deem to be teachers supreme in the sphere of Political Morals, May you win the renown that your efforts should crown and reward your assiduous labours In arranging the cares and embarrassed affairs that afflict your unfortunate neighbours!
— from Lyra Frivola by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley
Some of the gentlemen, who by this time surrounded them, knowing Charles, said to him: "Come away, Ross; you are very wrong: at any rate, this quarrel shall go no farther."
— from Mystery and Confidence: A Tale. Vol. 2 by Elizabeth Sibthorpe Pinchard
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