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(She had not given herself up to the love expressed in her face; her mind had been entirely absorbed by deep-laid schemes which she kept to herself.)
— from The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac
N' ye air mean and sorry enough to some hyeh 'n' tell me ye'll give him up to the law ef I don't knuckle down 'n' do what ye wants me?
— from A Mountain Europa by Fox, John, Jr.
With that one mental flash-light which had shown up to him the hitherto unsuspected tragedy, the latent excitement in him had vanished.
— from The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
At 117 this juncture, the man addressed as “Bud” came hurrying up to them, leading Emma Dean.
— from Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail by Josephine Chase
Mutely I held up the two long ears.
— from Tales of lonely trails by Zane Grey
"No; he would have told me if he had, as he is well aware that I consider his father innocent, and would not give him up to the law even if I knew of his hiding-place."
— from The Lady from Nowhere: A Detective Story by Fergus Hume
And he read in her clear eyes her promise and her understanding; that they loved each other, that it was the one big thing in both their lives, but that between them there would be only the secret inner knowledge of that love.
— from Dangerous Days by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Irene making water fast, and resolved to take the boats and—” “That explains her state,” mused Webster, as he turned over the pages of the log, which showed that the Irene , 1,500 tons, had left Bristol for Rio in June, 1893, and had up to the last entry made an uneventful voyage.
— from The Golden Rock by Ernest Glanville
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