He was delirious all night; but yesterday he rallied, and last night he begged us to move him out of London if we could.
— from Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
You might pay a seer twenty-five to one hundred dollars and not benefit yourself as much as you could by owning this book.
— from The Harbor Master by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
You were not content to have that man poking his nose in here at all hours of the day and night, but you must go out of your way to send him invitations?" "Dr. Cautley has been most kind and attentive, and—I thought—it was time we paid him some little attention."
— from Superseded by May Sinclair
From that part of the line which had been so successfully held during the latter half of the day, and night being yet an hour off, there was afforded a clear view of flying Artillery and flying Infantry, all moving to a common center—Centerville.
— from Eighty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry.) by Thomas Edward Merchant
And what kind of life did you lead day and night before you were persuaded or alarmed, as the case may have been with you, into being a Christian?
— from Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte
Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
— from The World English Bible (WEB): Psalms by Anonymous
wildernesse many a day and night, before you shall know where you are.
— from The Way To Geometry by Petrus Ramus
He said: May it please your lordships and gentlemen of the jury, the case for the prosecution and the case for the defence are now before you, and it now becomes my duty to address to you such observations upon the whole of the evidence as suggest themselves to my mind.
— from The Most Extraordinary Trial of William Palmer, for the Rugeley Poisonings, which lasted Twelve Days by Anonymous
I am besieged day and night by you young gentlemen.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill
“I see what you are driving at, Norris; but you had better hold your tongue, and keep quiet; you'll do yourself no good by meddling in what does not concern you.
— from Chetwynd Calverley New Edition, 1877 by William Harrison Ainsworth
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