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death and then all Judea and

Do you but take care to send soldiers to encompass these men that are now in custody, and slay them immediately upon my death, and then all Judea, and every family of them, will weep at it, whether they will or no." 7.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

does and tis all joy as

Well, Steve, I bain’t one for a lot of words but I be powerful glad to see you look as you does, and ’tis all joy as I wishes you and her what’s to be your wife, to-morrow.
— from Six Plays by Darwin, Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady

day after their arrival just as

The disease which carried off her husband had abruptly declared itself on the day after their arrival, just as they were going out together.
— from A Love Episode by Émile Zola

diamonds and that a journal accustomed

I was afterwards informed I had been the object of universal admiration; that nothing was talked of but the beauty of the Duchessa di Valenzano and her diamonds; and that a journal accustomed to give an account of the gayeties of the season had devoted a long paragraph to the description of my dress and person.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874 by Various

do and the Admiralty Judge and

Have you not the Lord Justice, who has little else to do; and the Admiralty Judge; and that great Adminiculum, the learned and pious man whom, honoris causâ , I call Holy Joe?
— from Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Henry Reeve

date appeared the advertisement Just arrived

In the same newspaper on this date appeared the advertisement: “Just arrived on the Steamship-Packet, Superior , Captain Alex Le Sardo, Master.”
— from No Man's Land: A History of El Camino Real by Louis Raphael Nardini

dogmas are true and just and

All its dogmas are true and just, and most of them new, as criticism.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Charles Lamb

deer a tapir a jaguar a

“We give a deer, a tapir, a jaguar, a chance for its life.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

dance and tug and jump around

and cracks his whip, and kisses with his mouth, and the horses dance and tug, and jump around and strain till the stone-boat slides on the grass, and then men climb on until the load gets so heavy that the team can't budge it.
— from Back Home by Eugene Wood

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