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f rudeness on your own
f rudeness on your own part.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

final result of your observations
Then I say, “Well, my friend, you remember the main object of our journey; you have seen and observed; what is the final result of your observations?
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

For reasons of your own
For reasons of your own, you chose not to seek my good offices when you were last in Florence, and it was not for me to thrust myself upon you.
— from The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Maurice Hewlett

for rods or yards or
I don’t see as there’s any way to decide whether they stand for rods or yards or feet.
— from Lonesome Town by E. S. (Ethel Smith) Dorrance

full realization of your own
To come into the full realization of your own awakened interior powers, is to be able to condition your life in exact accord with what you would have it.
— from In Tune with the Infinite; or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty by Ralph Waldo Trine

For reasons of your own
"For reasons of your own," suggested Trail.
— from The Old Dominion by Mary Johnston

for reasons of your own
You left our father's house for reasons of your own; I had left it to be married to Tertius.
— from Rest Harrow: A Comedy of Resolution by Maurice Hewlett

for renunciation of your office
"And what is the punishment for renunciation of your office and attachment to another soul?"
— from The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar by William Richard Bradshaw

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or
Yugoslavia: 27 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or FRY formed as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or SFRY) Zambia: 24 October 1964 (from UK) Zimbabwe: 18 April 1980 (from UK)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

foreign relations or yet on
We had expected great things of him--a brilliant discourse on the tariff, perhaps, or on our foreign relations, or yet on the Hague Tribunal.
— from Across the Years by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter


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