And to the father he added carelessly: "Keep your shirt on, Sanderson.
— from Mavericks by William MacLeod Raine
Howard and Claude Koonce, young physicians, natives of Harper's Ferry and two of our old pupils.
— from The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry, with Legends of the Surrounding Country by Joseph Barry
He chirruped to his horse, but checked it again, put out his head and called, "Keep your feet warm, wont you?
— from The Morgesons: A Novel by Elizabeth Stoddard
Once, however, a camel knows you as his friend, in whatever state of mind he may be, he will not harm you, though a stranger would run considerable risk.
— from Spinifex and Sand A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Ausralia by David Wynford Carnegie
“Why, know ye not,” said the dame, “what powerful enemies he has at Court? know ye not—But blisters on my tongue, it runs too fast for my wit—enough to say, that you had better make your bridal-bed under a falling house, than think of young Glenvarloch.”
— from The Fortunes of Nigel by Walter Scott
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