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give up these two men and not

But now they beg and pray you to give up these two men, and not to put them to death.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

go up to the mountains and nurse

He was longing to ask Don Juan about Mrs Bush; but, somehow, he could not get the words out, and the old Spaniard, being fully occupied with the matter in hand, forgot to mention the Scout officer’s wife; although he had intended to tell the Constabulary officer how, on hearing that Dolores Lasara was at the point of death, Mrs Bush had volunteered herself to go up to the mountains and nurse her, knowing, as she did, of the great love there had been between Felizardo and the daughter of the Teniente of San Polycarpio.
— from The Law of the Bolo by Stanley Portal Hyatt

generally unknown to the museums and no

The depths and positions of recovery of the rocks were generally unknown to the museums, and no clear idea could be gained of the exact occurrence of this material.
— from The Floors of the Ocean: 1. The North Atlantic Text to accompany the physiographic diagram of the North Atlantic by Bruce C. Heezen

got up to the mill at North

"Roy dived after the key-bar" When we got up to the mill at North Bridgeboro, he got the barge and started downstream with the barge alongside.
— from Roy Blakeley: His Story by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

go up to the mountains and no

No more did he go up to the mountains, and no longer out on to the sea.
— from The Bondman: A New Saga by Caine, Hall, Sir

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