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consciousness up to the

Everything proved that there had been premeditation and consciousness up to the last moment.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

carried upon the trade

We see certain date groves in Palestine, and other date groves in the desert a hundred miles away, and the pollen of the one carried upon the trade winds to the branches of the other.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

concealed under the table

He then shows us his apparatus, and to our great surprise we find it is merely a strong magnet in the hand of a boy concealed under the table.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

came up to them

Wedderburn and Miss Haysman were talking of a performance of The Meistersingers when she came up to them.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

come up together to

Here I did much business and yet had some little mirthe with my Lady, and anon we all come up together to our office, where I was very late doing much business.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Come up to the

This feels good. Come up to the fire, ladies.
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell

crept under the tent

The old woman, seeming to forget Maggie's hunger, poked the skewer into the pot with new vigor, and the younger crept under the tent and reached out some platters and spoons.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

chest under the table

These remarks being offered to Mr George Sampson, who had not the courage to come out for single combat, but lurked with his chest under the table and his eyes cast down, Mrs Wilfer proceeded, in a voice of increasing sternness and impressiveness, until she should force that skulker to give himself up.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

close up to the

Let her give me a seat close up to the fire, for my clothes are worn very thin—you know they are, for you have seen them ever since I first asked you to help me—she can then ask me about the return of her husband.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

close up to the

He went quite close up to the little room under the cliff; he could see through the half-open door that it was empty.
— from Joel: A Boy of Galilee by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

close up to the

Or if a large metal ball connected with the electrical machine be charged positively , and a fine uninsulated point be gradually brought towards it, a star appears on the point when at a considerable distance, which, though it becomes brighter, does not change its form of a star until it is close up to the ball: whereas, if the ball be charged negatively, the point at a considerable distance has a star on it as before; but when brought nearer, (in my case to the distance of 1-1/2 inch,) a brush formed on it, extending to the negative ball; and when still nearer, (at 1/8 of an inch distance,) the brush ceased, and bright sparks passed.
— from Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday

considerable use to the

Juliet Sparling was soon seized by the excitement of the game, and her beauty, her evident good breeding and good faith, were of considerable use to the Wings' ménage .
— from The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

coulie upon the two

143 CHAPTER XVII—THE STAMPEDE Be it said of the group of thoughtless cowboys (of whom were the wildest spirits of Number Two camp) that their first demonstration as they dashed out of the coulie upon the two girls was their only one.
— from Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch; Or, Schoolgirls Among the Cowboys by Alice B. Emerson

came up to town

[35] This gallery Turner’s father attended to, showing in visitors &c., and when they stayed at Twickenham he came up to town every morning to open it.
— from Turner by W. Cosmo (William Cosmo) Monkhouse

came up to their

"Yes, they got into one of our squares, and I don't think many of our fellows would have ever got away if it had not been that Buller's square came up to their assistance.
— from The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

conducts us to the

The garçon smiles, as he conducts us to the garden, and introduces us to the resources of the immense tree in the centre.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.—September, 1851—Vol. III. by Various

carried upon the tubes

The only novelty in these bridges consisted in the road being carried upon the tubes instead of within them, their erection being carried out in the usual manner by means of workmen, materials, and plant sent out from England.
— from The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway Locomotive by Samuel Smiles

coming up to Town

[private cryptic code Ed.], which I construed, and after my wife had shewn me some ribbon and shoes that she had taken out of a box of Mr. Montagu's which formerly Mr. Kipps had left here when his master was at sea, I went to Mr. Crew and advised with him about it, it being concerning my Lord's coming up to Town, which he desires upon my advice the last week in my letter.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1660 N.S. by Samuel Pepys

came up to the

He came up to the side of the bed, and, before saying a word, put his cool fingers upon my pulse.
— from Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood

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