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do record a gift Here in
So please my lord the Duke and all the court To quit the fine for one half of his goods; I am content, so he will let me have The other half in use, to render it Upon his death unto the gentleman That lately stole his daughter- Two things provided more; that, for this favour, He presently become a Christian; The other, that he do record a gift, Here in the court, of all he dies possess'd Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

do record a gift Here in
So please my lord the Duke and all the court To quit the fine for one half of his goods; I am content, so he will let me have The other half in use, to render it Upon his death unto the gentleman That lately stole his daughter: Two things provided more, that, for this favour, He presently become a Christian; The other, that he do record a gift, Here in the court, of all he dies possess'd Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter.
— from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

domestic rejoicings and general honors I
As you may well conceive, since my return I have not had a moment to myself—for what with domestic rejoicings and general honors, I have been in one continual movement and excitement.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various

dining room again gets her ironing
Then she goes into the dining room again, gets her ironing board, and proceeds to iron her handkerchiefs.
— from The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders by Edwin H. Porter

do record a gift Here in
No interpolation is needed—(I should not like to suggest the putting in a single word that is not Shakespeare's)—I would read the speech thus:— That lately stole his daughter: Provided that he do record a gift, Here in the court, &c. And I would omit Gratiano's three lines at Shylock's exit, and let the text stand:— Duke : "Get thee gone, but do it."
— from The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

do record a gift Here in
So please my lord the duke, and all the court, To quit the fine for one half of his goods; I am content, so he will let me have The other half in use, to render it, Upon his death, unto the gentleman That lately stole his daughter; Two things provided more,—That for this favour, He presently become a Christian; The other, that he do record a gift Here in the court, of all he dies possess'd Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter.
— from The Canadian Elocutionist Designed for the Use of Colleges, Schools and Self Instruction, Together with a Copious Selection in Prose and Poetry of Pieces Adapted for Reading, Recitation and Practice by Anna K. (Anna Kelsey) Howard

do record a gift Here in
So please my lord the duke, and all the court, To quit the fine for one half of his goods, I am content, so he will let me have The other half in use, to render it, Upon his death, unto the gentleman That lately stole his daughter: Two things provided more, — that, for this favor, He presently become a Christian; The other, that he do record a gift, Here in the court, of all he dies possess'd, Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter.
— from The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Department of Education

death reaped a greater harvest in
Go to Aubrey, Olathe, Shawneetown, Lawrence, Centralia, [Pg 25] Mo., Rossville, Ark., and the hundreds of lonely ravines and hollows along the Missouri border, where death reaped a greater harvest in the period of four years from '61 to '65 by murder in guerrilla warfare than any like area since time began.
— from The Border and the Buffalo: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains The Bloody Border of Missouri and Kansas. The Story of the Slaughter of the Buffalo. Westward among the Big Game and Wild Tribes. A Story of Mountain and Plain by John R. Cook

deep red and grey hair is
The beard, which is of a mixture of black, deep red, and grey hair, is next gummed into position, taking care that no grease paint is on any part of the face to which the gum is to be applied.
— from The Art of Theatrical Make-up by Cavendish Morton

Doctor Rabbit and get him in
Yes, sir, he just ground his teeth and said he certainly would get Doctor Rabbit, and get him in a hurry, too.
— from Doctor Rabbit and Ki-Yi Coyote by Thomas C. (Thomas Clark) Hinkle


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