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drooped to the

The moment Wolf entered the house, his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

Dost thou think

“Dost thou think I have been to the forest so many times, and have yet no skill to judge who else has been there?
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Did they tell

Did they tell you—you won't mind hearing it now, I know—that poor Thompson died last week?
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

duty to tell

When I listen to such things, I lose all patience, and I feel inclined, I even feel it my duty, to tell the Germans, for once in a way, all that they have on their conscience.
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

dared to tell

But, once in a while, illuminating a chink of that existence which Swann still saw as a complete blank, even if his mind assured him that it was not so, because he was unable to imagine anything that might occupy it, some friend who knew them both, and suspecting that they were in love, had not dared to tell him anything about her that was of the least importance, would describe Odette's figure, as he had seen her, that very morning, going on foot up the Rue Abbattucci, in a cape trimmed with skunks, wearing a Rembrandt hat, and a bunch of violets in her bosom.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

discovered the towers

From thence the emperor pursued his march, above ninety miles, along the winding stream of the Euphrates, till, at length, about one month after his departure from Antioch, he discovered the towers of Circesium, 4012 the extreme limit of the Roman dominions.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

during the time

[B] If I stay, the Rana will restore the villages in my fief, as during the time of Jethji.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

drawn throughout the

Though anciently the label was drawn throughout the shield, this does not now seem to be a method officially adopted.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Deluge to the

High wages were necessary to induce a mason to disappear in that fetid mine; the ladder of the cesspool cleaner hesitated to plunge into it; it was said, in proverbial form: “to descend into the sewer is to enter the grave;” and all sorts of hideous legends, as we have said, covered this colossal sink with terror; a dread sink-hole which bears the traces of the revolutions of the globe as of the revolutions of man, and where are to be found vestiges of all cataclysms from the shells of the Deluge to the rag of Marat.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

driving the Travellers

[Exeunt Fals., Gads., &c., driving the Travellers out.]
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

done those things

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ," she quoted in a low voice, " and have done those things which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us .
— from The Kingdom of Slender Swords by Hallie Erminie Rives

down to the

(Perhaps there is no such smell as stale metal, but you go down to the brassworks and describe it better!)
— from Working With the Working Woman by Cornelia Stratton Parker

despatched to the

[Pg 6] a judge had been despatched to the district with an extra corps of clerks to ensure a speedy investigation and trial.”
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 23, April, 1876-September, 1876. A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

deep tan tan

The King Charles is a rich, glossy black, and deep tan; tan spots over the eyes and on cheeks, and the usual markings on the legs are also required.
— from A Manual of Toy Dogs: How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Leslie, Mrs.

determined to tell

Well, just then she got up and went into the house for something—Cousin Grace, I mean—and all of a sudden I determined to tell Father how glad I was, about him and Cousin Grace; and how I hoped it would last—having him out there with us, and all that.
— from Mary Marie by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

delight to them

Miss Mulock's short stories for children are a constant source of delight to them, and "His Little Mother," in this new and attractive dress, will be welcomed by hosts of readers.
— from Our Little Japanese Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

devotion to the

Philip, acquainted with the uncompromising temper of the man, and his devotion to the Catholic Church, employed him both as an agent and an adviser in regard to the affairs of the Low Countries.
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott

drove through the

Once more out in the sunshine, we drove through the park into the streets of the city and on to the Nijo Castle.
— from The Spell of Japan by Isabel Anderson

disclosed that the

It must be here disclosed that the old man had joined their hands, and invoked a blessing on their heads, ere Tom took his departure.
— from Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams

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