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cousin and seat himself every day
To come in the capacity of a cousin, and seat himself every day at a good table; to smooth the yellow, wrinkled brow of the old procurator; to pluck the clerks a little by teaching them BASSETTE, PASSE-DIX, and LANSQUENET, in their utmost nicety, and winning from them, by way of fee for the lesson he would give them in an hour, their savings of a month--all this was enormously delightful to Porthos.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

calmly and silently his eyebrows did
Raskolnikov awaited him calmly and silently; his eyebrows did not quiver, his face did not flinch.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

come and see her every day
She wrote me a note, in which she said I was her only friend, and that the only mark of friendship she wanted was that I should come and see her every day, if it were but for a moment.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

come and see her every day
She said gently, and with an appearance of sincerity that deceived me, that she wanted to be mine, but by day and on the condition that I would come and see her every day.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

cigar and saw his eldest daughter
The Major looked very handsome in his “pink” coat, but his brow was clouded, and he sighed profoundly as he came into the dining-room to light his cigar, and saw his eldest daughter standing disconsolately by the window.
— from Pixie O'Shaughnessy by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

come and see her every day
Since this asphyxia from submersion interests you, you can overlook her attendants, my dear Saint Remy, and I will come and see her every day."
— from Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Eugène Sue

consult as she has ever done
“Will consult, as she has ever done, her own duty; and create her own happiness by doing so,” replied Bridgenorth.
— from Peveril of the Peak by Walter Scott

Countess and Susanna have exchanged dresses
The Countess and Susanna have exchanged dresses, and now come into the garden.
— from A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel

caprice as she has ever done
This duteous lady yields To your caprice as she has ever done: She stands a monument of loyalty And woman's meekness.
— from The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Henry Van Dyke

Come and see him every day
"Come and see him every day, my child," said Carlota, "and when better times come you shall have him again."
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 434, December, 1851 by Various

close and shut his eyes drawing
He put his face down close, and shut his eyes, drawing in the delicious odor with long, deep breaths.
— from The Gate of the Giant Scissors by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

Come and see her every day
Come and see her every day if you choose, my boy, but do not persuade her to leave us yet.
— from The Bride of the Tomb, and Queenie's Terrible Secret by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

case and saw her entire disposition
And that’s the way she’d go on till she heard the governess coming, and then, just as quick as lightning, you’d hear her in her own voice again, as artless as any young creature you ever listened to.” “I see—I see,” said M’Kinlay, with a sententious air and look, as though he read the whole case, and saw her entire disposition revealed before him like a plan.
— from Luttrell Of Arran by Charles James Lever


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