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if Mr had occasion for five

The gentleman sent the money back to him, declaring he would not accept of it; and adding, that if Mr. ——— had occasion for five hundred pounds more, he would lend it to him.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

I must hope or fear from

With what nervous impatience I await the moment when I shall know what I must hope or fear from destiny!
— from A Chambermaid's Diary by Octave Mirbeau

I marked him out for future

“We're waiting for that boy of Norcott's, I vow,” said an old fellow with a gray moustache; and I marked him out for future recognition.
— from That Boy Of Norcott's by Charles James Lever

I must have one fifth for

I have resolved, as far as I am allowed to do so, to become a man of letters, and at present I can go no further: first, in ancient geography, for I already know all my note-books, and I have only such books as Mr. Rickly can lend me; I must have D'Anville or Mannert; second, in modern geography also, I have only such books as Mr. Rickly can lend me, and the Osterwold geography, which does not accord with the new divisions; I must have Ritter or Malte-Brun; third, for Greek I need a new grammar, and I shall choose Thiersch; fourth, I have no Italian dictionary, except one lent me by Mr. Moltz; I must have one; fifth, for Latin I need a larger grammar than the one I have, and I should like Seyfert; sixth, Mr. Rickly tells me that, as I have a taste for geography, he will give me a lesson in Greek ( gratis ) in which we would translate Strabo, provided I can find one.
— from Famous Men of Science by Sarah Knowles Bolton

in my head of five fellows

I was in a daze, but I had a picture in my head of five fellows in Washington that had treated me right waiting for the race train to get in so that I could hand them each a thousand.
— from Taking Chances by Clarence Louis Cullen

it mounts her own fair face

Then a homestead among farms, And a woman with bare arms Drawing water from a well; As the bucket mounts apace, With it mounts her own fair face, As at some magician’s spell.
— from Courtship of Miles Standish Minnehaha Edition by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

it may hit out far from

I think it may hit out far from shore.
— from Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove by Laura Lee Hope

if Mr had occasion for five

The gentleman sent the money back to him, declaring he would not accept of it; and adding, that if Mr. —— had occasion for five hundred pounds more, he would lend it to him.
— from Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by James Boswell

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