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departure and never despair of
Prepare, then, for your departure, and never despair of us.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

do And night drew on
And to the town the coachman went, For they knew not what to do; And night drew on, when a country boy Brought Marian's little shoe.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

develop a new definition of
They were already acting on the idea that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty while public opinion in the United States concerning them was in a chrysalis state, and trying to develop a new definition of Liberty which should comport with the subjugation of distant island subjects by a continental commonwealth on the other side of the world based on representative government.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Diaraf a not dilatory or
a. unsuspecting Diammod, a. unconditional Diammynedd, a. impatient Diamrafael, a. uncontentious Diamrosgo, a. not unwieldy Diamryfus, a. not excessive Diamryson, a. void of strife Diamwedd, a. incongruous Diamwel, a. uncircumspect Diamwes, a. void of enjoyment Diamwys, n. unequivocal Dianadl, a. breathless Dianaf, a. without defect Dianair, a. reproachless Dianerch, a. ungreeted Dianfodd, a. not unwilling Dianfon, a. without mission Dianfwyn, a. not unkind Dianffawd, without misfortune Dianhap, a. without mischance Dianhardd, a. not unlovely Dianhwyl, a. undisordered Dianial, a. not overgrown Dianian, a. unnatural Diannedd, a. without dwelling Diannel, a. aimless Diannod, a. instantaneous Diannog, a. unexited Diannwyd, a. unchilled Dianrheg, a. giftless Dianrhydedd, without honour Diantur, a. without enterprise Dianudon, a. not perjured Dianwadal, a. unwavering Diaraf, a. not dilatory or slow Diaraul, a. inclement Diarbed, a. unsparing Diarchenad, a. unclothed Diarcholl, a. without wound Diarchwaeth, a. tasteless Diarddel, v. to expel: a. claimless Diareb, a. proverb Diarebol, a. proverbial Diarebu, v. to use adages Diarebydd, n. proverbialist Diarf, a. unarmed Diarfaeth, a. void of purpose Diarfer, a. unusual Diarfod, a. inopportune Diarffoidd, a. out of the way Diargae, a. without obstacle Diargel, a. undisguised Diargraff, a. unprinted Diarloes, a. exhaustless Diarludd, a. unobstructed
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

demanded a new description of
Of some he demanded a new description of hostages, their women, having found from experience that they cared little for their men when given as hostages; but he always afforded them the means of getting back their hostages whenever they wished it.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

defense and necessarily depends on
That situation consists in the best possible state of defense, and necessarily depends on the government, the arms, and the resources of the country.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

description and nice discrimination of
[254] Again, "The Jolly Beggars, for humorous description and nice discrimination of character, is inferior to no poem of the same length in the whole range of English poetry."
— from Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature by Margaret Ball

days and nights dreaming of
“You! who are so fond of mounting those stilts,” whispered Roger Herbert senior—“you, who spend your days and nights dreaming of the divinus afflatus —you, who would give half your life, were it yours to give, to convert [493] those little stilts into a genuine monument, and for what purpose?
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

died a natural death one
Thus perished Simon, the last of the Hasmonæan brothers, not one of whom had died a natural death, one and all having lost their lives in the service of their country and their faith.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

died a natural death on
But lacking both twenty dollars and determination, he lived peaceably with Thérèse until she died a natural death, on that occasion proudly doing his whole duty as a man and a mourner.
— from The Mothers Of Honoré From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

deeper astrology not dependent on
"There is a deeper astrology, not dependent on the testimony of calendars and clocks.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

done as no delay ought
If, therefore, any money was to be appropriated, let it be done, and then if the House thought proper to agree to the repeal, it could be done, as no delay ought to be made.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) by United States. Congress

discovery a neat device of
Even the Puritan, Osborne, it seems, thought the discovery ‘a neat device of the Treasurer’s, he being very plentiful in such plots’; and the ‘Anglican Bishop,’ Goodman, writes,
— from What Gunpowder Plot Was by Samuel Rawson Gardiner

direct a new disposition of
(Law) To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; Ð said of an estate already conveyed.
— from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

distinction and nice discrimination of
There is also a singular lack of that peculiar characteristic of Shakespeare's dramatic style, the marked distinction and nice discrimination of the individual traits, mental and moral, of the various personages.
— from The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various

dyspepsia and nervous disorders of
About 20 min. walk from the town by the Geneva road, near the village of St. Simon, is the Raphy spring, frequently taken at meal-time and prescribed in certain gastric diseases, dyspepsia, and nervous disorders of the stomach.
— from The South of France—East Half by C. B. Black


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