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G seðen S S2
afterwards, since, S, C, G; siþþe , S2, S3; siðen , S, S3, C; siðe , S, S3; sith , S2, S3, G; seoððan , S; seoððen , S; seoððe , S; seððen , S, S2, G; seðen , S, S2; seðe , S; syth , S3, C; seþþe , S2; suþþe , S, S2; syþþen , S2; sythen , S2, S3; sen , H, S2, S3; syn , S2, S3; syne , S2, S3; sens , S3.—AS. síððan .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

got something she said
"I've got something," she said, "about which I mean to go to your mansion to beg of madame Wang; but I'll first request you, my lady, to tell me how to set to work."
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

gentleman so sweet so
Then we are welcomed by the city-waits in our own lodgings; we have music in the Pump-room every morning, cotillons every forenoon in the rooms, balls twice a week, and concerts every other night, besides private assemblies and parties without number—As soon as we were settled in lodgings, we were visited by the Master of the Ceremonies; a pretty little gentleman, so sweet, so fine, so civil, and polite, that in our country he might pass for the prince of Wales; then he talks so charmingly, b
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

G swein S sueyn
Sweyne , sb. servant, armiger , Prompt., S; swayn , C2, G; swein , S; sueyn , S; suein , S2.—Icel.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

grief S S2 see
Deol , sb. grief, S, S2; see Dole .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

giyud sa súgù sa
Ang Kristiyánus magtamud giyud sa súgù sa Diyus, A Christian must obey the law of God.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Godolphin s steed still
For one moment Godolphin's steed still shrunk back from the rushing tide: deep darkness was over the water; and the horseman saw not the height of the opposite banks.
— from Godolphin, Volume 6. by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

gave small sharp stabs
Hunger put in its appearance afresh, gnawed at my breast, clutched me, and gave small, sharp stabs that caused me pain.
— from Hunger by Knut Hamsun

got scruples so she
You've got scruples, so she suspects you of having brains.
— from Creatures of the Abyss by Murray Leinster

guard several Ships sailed
[153] with no enemy and this day I went upon the creek guard several Ships sailed out of the harbour old White was buried and their was much joy.
— from The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes by Abraham Tomlinson

gloom so she stood
And as the great black river with its dreary shores was soon lost to her view in the gloom, so, she stood on the river's brink unable to see into the vast blank misery of a life suspected, and fallen away from by good and bad, but knowing that it lay there dim before her, stretching away to the great ocean, Death.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

granted she should stay
Her father seemed to take it for granted she should stay in Boston, her uncle called her his own little daughter, and she was content.
— from A Princess in Calico by Edith Ferguson Black


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