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Cacambo had already prevailed upon the

The faithful Cacambo had already prevailed upon the Turkish skipper, who was to conduct the Sultan Achmet to Constantinople, to receive Candide and Martin on his ship.
— from Candide by Voltaire

Champlain had already paddled up the

Champlain had already paddled up the Richelieu [246] to Lake Champlain with the design of passing through Lake George, carrying his canoes to the head-waters of the Hudson and re-embarking for a voyage down the river to the sea.
— from A History of the British Army, Vol. 2 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War by Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

cubits high are placed under the

Psammitichus, now master of all Egypt, constructed the portico to Vulcan's temple at Memphis that faces the south wind; he built a court for Apis, in which he is fed whenever he appears, opposite the portico, surrounded by a colonnade, and full of sculptured figures; and instead of pillars, statues twelve cubits high are placed under the piazza.
— from The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus Being Parts of the History of Herodotus, Edited for Boys and Girls by Herodotus

could have acted promptly upon the

If the heads of the supply departments in the field, beginning at Tampa, could have acted promptly upon the orders of their respective commanding officers, without the action of any other authority, unnecessary delay would have been avoided.
— from History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition by John H. (John Henry) Parker

children had already put up the

He found that his mother and the children had already put up the shutters and made ready to receive the Yorkers.
— from With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster

country homes and perched upon the

A little sparrow the past season entered the kitchen of one of our country homes, and perched upon the window-sill in evident distress.
— from Birds and Nature Vol. 09 No. 4 [April 1901] by Various

chaps home and put up the

“I’ll drive you chaps home, and put up the car,” he said, for the automobile, though owned jointly by the lads, was kept in a garage owned by Mrs. Hopkins.
— from Ned, Bob and Jerry at Boxwood Hall; Or, The Motor Boys as Freshmen by Clarence Young

city hall and partially under the

That basement is partially under the city hall, and partially under the police building, is that correct?
— from Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

children homeless and penniless upon the

To be turned, with her children, homeless and penniless upon the world; to become Boult's wife; to drown in the river.
— from Mrs. Day's Daughters by Mary E. Mann

child had a picture upon the

The extraordinary work of his little boy began to attract the attention of the jolly barber's patrons, and by the time he was twelve years old the child had a picture upon the walls of the Royal Academy--a far-cry from barber shop to Academy!
— from Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People by Mary Schell Hoke Bacon

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