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for lousy I recant dat

Indeet, as for lousy, I recant dat epithete, for dere is scarce room in 'em for dat little animal, ha!
— from William Wycherley [Four Plays] by William Wycherley

five locomotives in relays driven

After this one of the group gave his memories of the famous speed trial on the Lake Shore road, when five locomotives in relays, driven by picked men, set out to beat all records in a run of 510 miles from Chicago to Buffalo.
— from Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett

foi les impérissables richesses de

Ne fut-ce pas de Québec que les paroles de foi, les impérissables richesses de la science et de la civilisation se répandirent à travers un nouveau continent?
— from Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses by Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of

for luncheon I really don

She also said we were not to put ourselves to the least inconvenience, and that no doubt she should be down for luncheon.' 'I really don't know, George, what possessed you to keep the poor girl in that conservatory so long.
— from Under St Paul's: A Romance by Richard Dowling

following letter in reply DEAR

Mr. Roosevelt wrote the following letter in reply: DEAR SIR: I regard sentiment as the exact antithesis of sentimentality, and to substitute "sentiment" for "sentimentality" in my speech would directly invert its meaning.
— from African and European Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt

first lesson in religious doctrine

It was some slight compensation that the scene of that first lesson in religious doctrine she had expressed herself willing to receive was in the garden, where they were soon comfortably seated under an acacia-tree; and that is a tree which does not shut out the heavenly gladness, like beech and elm and lime, but rather tempers the sunshine with its loose airy foliage, making a half-brightness that is pleasanter than shade.
— from Fan : The Story of a Young Girl's Life by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

Frato Ludoviko Institution Royale des

Belgio: Frato Ludoviko, Institution Royale des Aveugles, Woluwe.
— from A Blind Esperantist's Trip to Finland and Sweden, to Attend the Fourteenth International Esperanto Congress by W. Percy Merrick

few luxuries I really did

For me privacy had for long been one of the few luxuries I really did value.
— from The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson

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