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So then, though the babe in Christ is weaker than the man in Christ, yet is he not by Christ left unprovided for; for here is milk for babes, and spoons to eat it with.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan
The ptarmigan had been shot two weeks before, and carefully laid up for future use; the intense frost being a sufficient guarantee for their preservation for many months, had that been desired.
— from The Young Fur Traders by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Its subtle alkaloid is absorbed by the system, and in most cases lies unsuspected for from six to twelve hours, then its iron grip holds to the death.
— from Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc. by Charles McIlvaine
My lord, this man hath of a long time made it, to my knowledge, his business to keep the town of Mansoul in a sinful quietness in the midst of all her lewdness, filthiness, and turmoils, and hath said, and that in my hearing, Come, come, let us fly from all trouble, on what ground soever it comes, and let us be for a quiet and peaceable life, though it wanteth a good foundation.
— from The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; Or, The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul by John Bunyan
"Therefore," said these counsellors, "let us first fight them, and if they prove able to withstand us, then will it be time to accept their alliance."
— from The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec by Kirk Munroe
"Come, let us fight for it!"
— from Rhymes for the Young Folk by William Allingham
The count at once led Violette away, saying: "Come, my child; let us first find out how he is."
— from The Flower Girl of The Château d'Eau, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVI) by Paul de Kock
This is called laying up food for the infant, although none is given to it (Hall II, p. 173).
— from The Central Eskimo Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 399-670 by Franz Boas
Cedric looked up, frowning, from the list on which he was still engaged.
— from Consequences by E. M. Delafield
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