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decrepit effete la lèvre inférieure

I see people of my standing really good for nothing, decrepit, effete, la lèvre inférieure déjà pendante , with what little life they have left mainly concentrated in their epigastrium.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

doubt every likely lad I

I shall doubt every likely lad I see for the future as myself disguised!--who knows, indeed, but what I was born to be a man!
— from A Prince of Dreamers by Flora Annie Webster Steel

does ever longest last II

That love 'twixt men does ever longest last, II.
— from The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 by Robert Herrick

decrepit effete la levre inferieure

I see people of my standing really good for nothing, decrepit, effete, la levre inferieure deja pendante, with what little life they have left mainly concentrated in their epigastrium.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

delicate ethereal loveliness looked its

Lady Ada’s delicate, ethereal loveliness looked its best in her bride-maid’s dress, and Lilias seemed more petite and mignonne than ever in her virginal white and lace.
— from Just a Girl by Charles Garvice

donkey engine lowering luggage into

The Babel of tongues was deafening, and over and above all the harassing rattle of the donkey engine lowering luggage into the hold.
— from Renshaw Fanning's Quest: A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford

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