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don Man disobeying Disloyal
But yet all is not don; Man disobeying, Disloyal breaks his fealtie, and sinns Against the high Supremacie of Heav'n, Affecting God-head, and so loosing all, To expiate his Treason hath naught left, But to destruction sacred and devote, He with his whole posteritie must die, Die hee or Justice must; unless for him 210 Som other able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction, death for death.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

distinction my dear Dorian
" "It was a distinction, my dear Dorian—a great distinction.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

dim meadows desolate Dost
In the dim meadows desolate Dost thou remember Sicily?
— from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

devil my dear do
What the devil, my dear, do you think you can wear a star from heaven on your finger, and nobody observe it?
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Dusty Miller Duncan Davison
Go M'Pherson's Farewell Stay My Charmer Song—My Hoggie Raving Winds Around Her Blowing Up In The Morning Early Hey, The Dusty Miller Duncan Davison
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Dame Mere de Dieu
the Nostre Dame, Mere de Dieu , Captain Roach Commander; the Dove ,
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

dægrima m dawn daybreak
dægrima m. dawn, daybreak, morning , Æ .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

diēī m day diary
rūra , n., country (rustic) tergum, tergī , n., back ; ā tergō , behind, in the rear vulnus, vulneris , n., wound (vulnerable) committō, committere, commīsī, commissus , intrust, commit; proelium committere , join battle convocō, convocāre, convocāvī, convocātus , call together, summon (convoke) timeō, timēre, timuī , ——, fear; be afraid (timid) vertō, vertere, vertī, versus , turn, change (convert); terga vertere , to turn the backs , hence to retreat LESSON XLVIII, § 276 aciēs, -ēī , f., line of battle aestās, aestātis , f., summer annus, -ī , m., year (annual) diēs, diēī , m., day (diary) fidēs, fideī , no plur., f., faith, trust; promise, word; protection; in fidem venīre , to come under the protection fluctus, -ūs , m. wave, billow (fluctuate) hiems, hiemis , f., winter hōra, -ae , f., hour lūx, lūcis , f., light (lucid); prīma lux , daybreak merīdiēs , acc. -em , abl.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

did Mrs Dr dear
Two things I never did, Mrs. Dr. dear, were write letters and read politics.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

darling my dearest daughter
Ah! how is it, my darling, my dearest daughter, that you expect a severe letter from me?
— from Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal by Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint

dimensions more dark dirty
At Sallal Hoola, another hovel had been provided by the royal bounty, smaller in dimensions, more dark, dirty, and dismal, and infinitely better garrisoned with vermin than the abode wherein the last fortnight had been passed.
— from The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir

Diabolo matre de Dios
[536] A p-p-p-perfumer,—a fiddler, a— Diabolo, matre de Dios ,—I’ll f-f-f-firk you, by the Lord, now, [537] now I will!
— from The Works of John Marston. Volume 2 by John Marston

death myself Detective Daugherty
At the time of his death, myself, Detective Daugherty and Colonel Garrison of the Texas State Police were on the fifth floor of the hospital arranging a security room in which to take Oswald, in the event he survived the operating room treatment.
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission

dye Miry dearie dye
BY URSULA Penn’d the Romany chi ké laki dye “Miry dearie dye mi shom cambri!”
— from The Romany Rye by George Borrow

discord might draw down
Joinville says he forced two knights, who had been irreconcilable enemies, to make peace, by persuading them that their discord might draw down the maledictions of Heaven, and that union among the Christian soldiers could alone open to them the road to Egypt.
— from The History of the Crusades (vol. 2 of 3) by J. Fr. (Joseph Fr.) Michaud

dear my dear do
'My dear, my dear, do not anger Benjamin.
— from For Faith and Freedom by Walter Besant


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