The rigid Udosia saw through the disguise, and would not dispense with herself from banishing him from Rome, as I do you from England—— How, madam!
— from The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella, v. 1-2 by Charlotte Lennox
“Americans: Though I have served you with an indefatigable zeal, I have in my life received only bitterness for recompense, and I die your creditor.
— from Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 2 by Elizabeth Sarah Kite
Now in this town of famous Room, as I dessay you have heard, There is scarcely any gentleman as hasn't got a beard.
— from Ballads by William Makepeace Thackeray
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