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He is ever merciful and lendeth
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 19: Psalms by Anonymous

However it embarrasses me a little
However, it embarrasses me a little, it embarrasses me a great deal, to find you here.
— from L'Abbe Constantin — Volume 3 by Ludovic Halévy

hymns into early middle and late
It would, indeed, be admissible, if one had any certainty in regard to the age of the different parts of the Rig Veda, simply to divide the hymns into early, middle, and late, as they are sometimes divided in philological works, but here one rests on the weakest of all supports for historical judgment, a linguistic and metrical basis, when one is ignorant alike of what may have been accomplished by imitation, and of the work of those later priests who remade the poems of their ancestors.
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

his influence established Mellitus at London
He also made grants to found the see of Rochester, of which Justus became first bishop in 604, and his influence established Mellitus at London in the same year.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

He is ever merciful and lendeth
He is ever merciful, and lendeth, And his seed is blessed.
— from McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

He is ever merciful and lendeth
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed."
— from Trials and Triumphs of Faith by Mary Cole

He is evidently moving about looking
He is evidently moving about, looking curiously at old acquaintances.
— from Echoes of the War by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

her in enchanting melodies and lulled
This was, for her, language wholly new and never heard before, at which her heart trembled in blissful awe, which rushed around her in enchanting melodies and lulled her into a sweet stupefaction.
— from Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach


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