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he must cherish against

But however and whensoever he did escape, what hatred he must cherish against him to whom he owed his long imprisonment; who had taken him, rich, brave, glorious, beloved by women, feared by men, to cut off his life’s best, happiest years; for it is not life, it is merely existence, in prison!
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

hailed my cab and

"We crawled past Mudie's, and there a tall woman with five or six yellow-labelled books hailed my cab, and I sprang out just in time to escape her, shaving a railway van narrowly in my flight.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

half my care and

Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty: Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

holy martyrs Cosmas and

In his public and private devotions, the emperor was assiduous and exemplary; his prayers, vigils, and fasts, displayed the austere penance of a monk; his fancy was amused by the hope, or belief, of personal inspiration; he had secured the patronage of the Virgin and St. Michael the archangel; and his recovery from a dangerous disease was ascribed to the miraculous succor of the holy martyrs Cosmas and Damian.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

held me close and

She held me close, and would not let me withdraw.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

His mouth cries aloud

His mouth cries aloud, the sand fills it; silence.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

he may control and

I will push the loading and unloading of boats, but suggest that you send at once (Captain Dodd, if possible) the best quartermaster you can, that he may control and organize this whole matter.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

him Mr Cutler and

After him Mr. Cutler, and much talk with him, and with him to White Hall, to have waited on the Lords by order, but no meeting, neither to-night, which will spoil all.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

his ministers Chaṇḍaprabha and

Then Sundarasena bowed before his father-in-law Mandáradeva, whom his father introduced to him, and rejoiced exceedingly; and beholding his ministers Chaṇḍaprabha and Vyághraparákrama, who had arrived before, clinging to his feet, he considered that all his wishes were accomplished.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

half my crew are

Then half my crew are sick and some are helpless, though I reckon they'll pick up sooner at sea than in an African hospital."
— from Lister's Great Adventure by Harold Bindloss

had more calmness and

She found that conversation there had more calmness and fairness and depth than was the rule in London, where people were too much occupied with the present to trouble themselves much about the past or future.
— from Wives of the Prime Ministers, 1844-1906 by Lucy Masterman

highly meritorious conduct and

As a slight recompense to us for our highly meritorious conduct, and as a little relief to our over-charged hearts, I beg to propose that we devote this bumper to invoking a blessing on the ladies.
— from Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens

hath my commandments and

"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them," saith Christ, "he it is that loveth me" &c. (John 14:21).
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

he muttered casting a

he muttered, casting a glance at the waiting horse and buggy, then at the lighted window, which was on the second floor directly over his head.
— from The Woman in the Alcove by Anna Katharine Green

he might come at

Not less ardent was the hungry passion of our hero, who, from the moment he had cast his eyes on that charming dish, had cast about in his mind by what method he might come at it.
— from The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great by Henry Fielding

her moral character and

Sybil's heart was more depraved than her intellect or her moral character, and any thing like coarseness or open vice was essentially distasteful to her.
— from Sybil Chase; or, The Valley Ranche: A Tale of California Life by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

his missionary companions and

In this dire dilemma, says Gen. Lovejoy, "Dr. Whitman dismounted and upon his knees in the snow commended himself, his distant wife, his missionary companions and work, and his Oregon, to the Infinite One for guidance and protection.
— from How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon A True Romance of Patriotic Heroism Christian Devotion and Final Martyrdom by Oliver W. (Oliver Woodson) Nixon

hurried march continued and

For another quarter of a mile their hurried march continued; and then, without a word, the whole of the escort, with the exception of one man, turned up a crossroad and vanished into the darkness.
— from Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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