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gave a look of ineffable scorn
The man gave a look of ineffable scorn, and then walked away, leaving Mrs. Wilkinson still in the post-chaise.
— from The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

glens and lonely ocean islands still
In gloomy mountain glens and lonely ocean islands still it lingers, unvanquished, tenacious, obscurely working out its secret destiny.
— from Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Charles Johnston

get a little older I should
When I get a little older, I should like to go to the city, and enter a store.
— from Herbert Carter's Legacy; Or, the Inventor's Son by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

gave a laugh of irate scorn
Tarrant gave a laugh of irate scorn.
— from In the Year of Jubilee by George Gissing

going at least one important step
We are justified in going at least one important step farther, and assigning man his natural place within one of the sections of the order of apes.
— from The Evolution of Man β€” Volume 2 by Ernst Haeckel

girl A little one I snatch
But then began my misery, I fled; The Kings frowns following, and my friends despair; No hand that durst relieve: my Countrey fearful, Basely and weakly fearful of a tyrant; Which made his bad Will worse, stood still and wondred, Their virtues bedrid in 'em; then my girl, A little one, I snatch'd thee from thy Nurse, The modell of thy fathers miseries:
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10 by John Fletcher

got a little of it still
"We sold most of it to the Feringhee soldiers, on our way up, but I think I have got a little of it still left somewhere in the pack.
— from The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

git a little older I shall
"An' so," pursued the widow, after enjoying for a moment the consternation of her audience,β€”"an' so I thought I had better come an' see ef he couldn't be took in here; not that I wouldn't do for him, an' be glad to, fur as I could, but he a'n't in a state to be left alone, an' you know my trade takes me away consid'able from home,β€”an' which, if I don't foller it, why, when I git a little older, I shall have to come here myself, an' be a burden on your hands an' the town's."
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

get a list of Internet Service
The WORLD Software Tool & Die 1330 Beacon Street Brookline, MA 02146 617/39-0202 Daniel Dern also provides the following definitive information file on how to get connected: Daniel Dern's Short Answer to "How do I get a list of Internet Service/Access Providers for Individual Accounts": For a list of Internet Service Providers contact:
— from Surfing the Internet: An Introduction Version 2.0.2 by Jean Armour Polly


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