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Had ye put a club to
"Had ye put a club to me back and foorced me to a trade, sure I'd be layin' brick in Troy this day."
— from Money Magic: A Novel by Hamlin Garland

hide your pallor and come to
"So dress yourself, dear Marguerite," said the King, "hide your pallor and come to the ball.
— from Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas

Have you patience and courage to
He answered, “Have you patience and courage to abide by the proof that what I say is true?” I replied, that I doubtless had patience, and for the courage, I looked to that Being for whose name I had too much reverence to utter in his hearing.
— from Melmoth the Wanderer, Vol. 4 (of 4) by Charles Robert Maturin

hundred years playing at childish things
Children were brought up at their mothers' sides for a hundred years, playing at childish things.
— from The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum

Hold your peace Ann cried the
"Hold your peace, Ann!" cried the eldest of the guards.
— from A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny by John R. (John Roy) Musick

height ye proud and copy these
—Stoop from your height, ye proud, and copy these!
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 5 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

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