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de justicia sea
de mí. Supongo que la administración de justicia sea
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Drewyer John Shields
George Drewyer & John Shields who we had Sent with the horses by Land on the N Side joined us this evening much worsted, they being absent Seven Days depending on their gun, the greater part of the time rain, they were obliged to raft or Swim many Creeks, those men gave a flattering account of the Countrey Commencing below the first hill on the N Side and extendg Parrelal with the river for 30 or 40 Ms. The Two Muddey river passing Thro & som fine Springs & Streams our hunters kill Several Deer to day, Some Small licks on the S E of the Osage River.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

do just so
I shall do just so again, if ever the time comes.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

disk just skirting
There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible; its broad disk just skirting the horizon, and diffusing a perpetual splendour.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

distinctly Jewish standards
The riots of the early part of the eighties affected the whole mental attitude of the Jews of Russia by rousing them to a greater consciousness of themselves and by rallying them around distinctly Jewish standards.
— from The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century by Leo Wiener

Dearest Josephine she
"Dearest Josephine," she wrote in a later undated letter, "Gilbert is today a little better, after being practically at a standstill for the past week.
— from Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward

Don John s
His instructions came from Philip through Perez, and that most profound dissembler, as we have seen, systematically deceived the Governor, with the view of eliciting treasonable matters, Philip wishing, if possible, to obtain proofs of Don John's secret designs against his own crown.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 26: 1577, part III by John Lothrop Motley

divine Judgments sent
In the most ancient Times Plagues , like many other Diseases, were looked upon as divine Judgments sent to punish the Wickedness of Mankind: and therefore the only Defence sought after was by Sacrifices and Lustrations to appease the Anger of incensed Heaven.
— from A Discourse on the Plague by Richard Mead

directions Jean sat
Mrs. Grayson beamed on the enthusiastic camper; the old girls sang a lusty cheer to the new girl who was such a good sport; and, twinkling and beaming in all directions, Jean sat down on the floor with the others to hear the camp councilors introduced.
— from The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin; Or, Paddles Down by Hildegard G. Frey


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