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claim disallow appropriate
ANT: Withdraw, withhold, retain, deny, refuse, vindicate, assert, claim, disallow, appropriate, resist, dissent, protest, recalcitrate, struggle, strive.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

casucha del arrabal
su sobrina y vive 5 solo, enteramente solo en una casucha del arrabal de Baidejos.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

coming down apace
THE ILL-FAVORED ONES Now, by that they were gone about two bow-shots from the place that led them unto the way, they espied two very ill-favored ones coming down apace to meet them.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

Come down and
Thus the melancholy retainer, as who should say, 'Come down and be poisoned, ye unhappy children of men!' Twemlow, having no lady assigned him, goes down in the rear, with his hand to his forehead.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

comes Decree after
Fast enough now comes Decree after Decree, in alternate brief strains, or strophe and antistrophe,—what will cheapen bread, what will awaken the dormant lion.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Countess de and
LAMOIGNON, Keeper of Seals, dismissed, effigy burned, and death of. LAMOTTE, Countess de, and Diamond Necklace, in the Salpetriere, 'Memoirs' burned, in London, M. de, in prison. LAMOURETTE, Abbe, kiss of, guillotined.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Clair Does anyone
I shall never forget the day she came to the school and rated me for failing to call him St. Clair." "Does anyone ever call him that now?" "Evidently not.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Cocke demanded and
So we to sleep again till 8 o’clock, and then I up in some ease to the office, where we had a full board, where we examined Cocke’s second account, when Mr. Turner had drawn a bill directly to be paid the balance thereof, as Mr. Cocke demanded, and Sir J. Minnes did boldly assert the truth of it, and that he had examined it, when there is no such thing, but many vouchers, upon examination, missing, and we saw reason to strike off several of his demands, and to bring down his 5 per cent.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Clearchus dashed away
" Clearchus dashed away toward the harbor, but, as it happened, there was no vessel that could take up the chase with any chance of success.
— from The Golden Hope: A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Robert H. (Robert Higginson) Fuller

come down at
Get up into the gate tower and look out, and when you see the great clock face, come down at once and sit on the second hand.
— from The House of Arden: A Story for Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

certain day and
He would ask friends whether they remembered this place or that on a certain day, and if they did, could never have them share his pleasure at the recollection; and for this whim he was scolded and ridiculed.
— from Beautiful Wales by Edward Thomas

commission directors are
They do not differ so much on the application of the principle—for all acts of fraud, whether of omission or commission, directors are liable.
— from Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles

could do alone
But there was much that no girl could do alone.
— from The Dew of Their Youth by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Contains designs and
The Cat Book Containing the designs and plans of twelve Cabin Cats Price, $1.00 The Yawl Book Contains designs and plans of twelve Yawl-Rigged Boats Price, $1.00 The Schooner Book Contains the designs of twelve Schooner-Rigged Yachts Price, $1.00 The Racer Book Contains the designs and plans of twelve Racing Yachts Price, $1.00 The Cabin Plan Book Containing accommodation plans of twenty sail craft Price, $1.00 SENT ANYWHERE.
— from On Yacht Sailing A Simple Treatise for Beginners upon the Art of Handling Small Yachts and Boats by Thomas Fleming Day

closet drew Abashed
She had it then:—our painter tried to please; The lady equally appeared at ease; Full time the others gave, and when they came, More wine was not required by spark nor dame; 'Twas late, and for the day enough he'd done; Good night was said: their course the belles had run; The painter, satisfied, retired to rest; The gay gallants, who lay so long distressed, The wily hostess from the closet drew, Abashed, disconsolate, and cuckolds too; Still worse to think, with all their care and pain; That neither of them could his wish obtain, Or e'en return the dame what she procured Their wives, whom she so cleverly allured.
— from Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete by Jean de La Fontaine

cast down at
He, poor fellow, was utterly cast down at this mocking suggestion of Sir Christopher's, and hurrying back to his attic he flung himself on his bed and burst into tears.
— from Chatterbox, 1905. by Various

cry duty and
So would we veil the greed, the suspicion of the self-seeking scramble of to-day under institutions and laws that will cry “duty and service” in the ears and eyes of all mankind, keep down the evil so long and so effectually that at last law will be habit, and greed and self-seeking cease for ever, from being the ruling impulse of the world.
— from New Worlds For Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells


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