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haply any Malmsey left in that

Hast thou haply any Malmsey left in that stout pottle?" "Truly," said the Friar in a glum voice, "thou dost ask thyself freely where thou art not bidden.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

hardly any men left in the

Having hardly any men left in the city, for the youth of Murcia had fallen in the field, he made the women put on male attire, arm themselves with helmets and long rods like lances, and bring their hair over their chins as though they wore beards.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

his art mystifique lay in that

The beauty, if I may so call it, of his art mystifique, lay in that consummate ability (resulting from an almost intuitive knowledge of human nature, and a most wonderful self-possession,) by means of which he never failed to make it appear that the drolleries he was occupied in bringing to a point, arose partly in spite, and partly in consequence of the laudable efforts he was making for their prevention, and for the preservation of the good order and dignity of Alma Mater.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

himself and move living in the

He indeed will ascend to the gods for whose altars he devotes himself, and move living in the lips of men: we, our country lost, shall bow to the haughty rigour of our lords, if we now sit slackly on the field.'
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

having a man lodge in the

per week; cheaper, as she said, from the protection she expected in having a man lodge in the house.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

hardly a minority language in the

It is hardly a minority language in the Caribbean context, since it is spoken by eight to ten million people.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

housed at Muscatine later in the

The library, for years housed at Muscatine, later in the Burtis Opera House at Davenport, was removed to Iowa City in the year 1867, where it remained in rooms rented for that purpose until 1883 when it had so far outgrown its quarters that a new and more permanent home was needed.
— from History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911] by Luther Albertus Brewer

horse and much like it though

This we may regard as the true wild horse of America, for it was as large as the domesticated horse, and much like it, though more like a zebra in some respects.
— from Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Julia Ellen Rogers

heart and my lover is the

I, too, am fashioned out of the red earth, and all the sea is in my heart, and my lover is the wind.
— from Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour by William Parkinson and Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Edward Hutton

Hereford and Monmouth lie in their

Shropshire, together with the West Midland counties of Worcester and Gloucester, is traversed by the mother stream, but Hereford and Monmouth lie in their respective vales of the tributary Wye and Usk, and Warwickshire, already noted, in the broad basin of the Avon.
— from From Gretna Green to Land's End: A Literary Journey in England. by Katharine Lee Bates

hotel ate my luncheon in the

With a fixed plan I returned to my hotel, ate my luncheon in the big salle à manger , which was crowded with foreigners wintering in Florence.
— from The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux

high above my loons in the

I just craved to get the teaching of that laddie, he was the kind you can cram with learning till there's no room left for another spoonful, and they bude send him to Mr. Ogilvy, and you'll see he'll stand high above my loons in the bursary list.
— from Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

have a Man left in the

Now because it is possible this at some time or other may happen to be read by some Malicious or Ignorant Person, (no Reflection upon the present Reader) who will not admit, or does not understand that Silence should make a Man start; and have the same Effect, in provoking his Attention, with its opposite Noise; I will illustrate this matter, to such a diminutive Critick, by a Parallel Instance of Light; which though it does chiefly entertain the Eyes, and is indeed the prime Object of the Sight, yet should it immediately cease, to have a Man left in the Dark by a suddain deficiency of it, would make him stare with his Eyes, and though he could not see, endeavour to look about him.
— from Incognita; Or, Love and Duty Reconcil'd by William Congreve

have as much liberty in the

They at once tell us, that they have as much liberty in the south as we have in the north—that there as free people, they are protected in their rights—that we have nothing more—that in other respects they have the same opportunity, indeed the preferred opportunity, of being their maids, servants, cooks, waiters, and menials in general, there, as we have here—that had they known for a moment, before leaving, that such was to be the only position they occupied here, they would have remained where they were, and never left.
— from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Martin Robison Delany

hardly a male left in the

Then the little hare went the round of the village, saying to every hyaena he met, ‘Go and get into the boiling water,’ so that in a little while there was hardly a male left in the village.
— from The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

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