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good men and

But most extraordinary of all is their mode of speaking about virtue and the gods: they say that the gods apportion calamity and misery to many good men, and good and happiness to the wicked.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

granted me a

On their report the academy granted me a certificate full of fine compliments, amidst which it appeared that in reality it judged my system to be neither new nor useful.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

great mistakes are

In this way, by presupposing especial professional knowledge in a given witness, great mistakes are made.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

Good morrow Ajax

Good morrow, Ajax.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

grew more alive

When she tried to flatter herself that the composition grew more alive, more interesting, she had to see that the handwriting grew more and more slovenly, the books more filthy and disgraceful.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

give me all

In comparison with what my imagination can give me, all these streams and rocks are trash, and nothing else.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Give me a

Give me a moment's happiness; make me feel you've forgiven me."
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

go my arm

We arrived at the hollow; the ladies left their cavaliers, but she did not let go my arm.
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov

guns medals and

"To any one," says he, "who considers that on digging into the earth, such quantities of shells, and in some places, bones and horns of animals, are found sound and entire, after having lain there in all probability some thousands of years; it should seem probable that guns, medals, and implements in metal or stone, might have lasted entire, buried under ground forty or fifty 764 thousand years, if the world had been so old.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

G Macbeth and

After dinner Mrs. Crawley had an assembly which was attended by the Duchess (Dowager) of Stilton, Duc de la Gruyere, Marchioness of Cheshire, Marchese Alessandro Strachino, Comte de Brie, Baron Schapzuger, Chevalier Tosti, Countess of Slingstone, and Lady F. Macadam, Major-General and Lady G. Macbeth, and (2) Miss Macbeths; Viscount Paddington, Sir Horace Fogey, Hon.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

grisly meerschaum and

He waved his grisly meerschaum and added: 'Lovely place, Havana.' "'Where's the Third Mate?' said Captain Evans, suddenly emerging from the dark doorway.
— from Captain Macedoine's Daughter by William McFee

gives me an

I like your last letter, which gives me an account of yourself, and your own transactions; for though I do not recommend the EGOTISM to you, with regard to anybody else, I desire that you will use it with me, and with me only.
— from Letters to His Son, 1749 On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman by Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of

gravest matters and

It was a recognisable thing, her atmosphere, one never knew when it would discharge a question relating to the gravest matters; and persons unprepared to give satisfaction upon this point—one fears there are some on a ship bound east of Suez—found it blighting.
— from The Path of a Star by Sara Jeannette Duncan

guide mine arrow

And he drew his bow and prayed to Zeus in his heart, "O Zeus almighty, that drivest the black thundercloud before thee, do thou guide mine arrow aright, that it may work havoc among our foes and bring glory to the host of the Achæans.
— from Children of the Dawn : Old Tales of Greece by E. F. (Elsie Finnimore) Buckley

grain might as

Indeed, grain might as well have cost three thousand crowns the bushel, for the prices recorded placed it beyond the reach of all but the extremely wealthy.
— from History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

gives me a

Good Lord, the thought gives me a sudden sweat, That fairly makes my linen stick to me! MINISTER Ha-ha!
— from The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon by Thomas Hardy

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