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day and night I shall have
It is terrible—oh!—sister— “I have always thought, morning and evening, day and night: 'I shall have to tell her some day!'
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Day and night I sought help
Day and night I sought help from Him, and so it happened that my love for the Christian truth increased, and finally I received strength publicly to confess the faith which was already in my heart."
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

deal alone now I suppose he
"You are a great deal alone now, I suppose?" he asked, by way of setting the conversation going again.
— from The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann

delay and niggardliness in succouring her
France was responsible for her delay and niggardliness in succouring her own.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 1. Under the French Régime, 1535-1760 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

Death and now I seek him
Long ago, I thought that I had cheated Death, and now I seek him; but he comes not, nor know I
— from The Epic of Hades, in Three Books by Lewis Morris

day and now in sooth He
For bitter words and vain Had passed that day; and now, in sooth, He ne'er might love again!
— from The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 6, December 1843 by Various

days and nights I saw him
There he left me, promising soon to return; but for three days and nights I saw him not again, nor any one.
— from By Far Euphrates: A Tale by Deborah Alcock

drank at night in secret his
If he drank, he drank at night in secret; his day duties were done with decorum.
— from India Through the Ages: A Popular and Picturesque History of Hindustan by Flora Annie Webster Steel

Diane all naked I saw how
Ther saw I Atteon, an hart ymaked, For vengeance that he saw Diane all naked: I saw how that his houndes have him caught, And freten him, for that they knew him naught.
— from The Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes; Vol. 12 (of 18) by John Dryden


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