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in readiness c H2 anchor

I determine to Set out early tomorrow with two canoes & 12 men in quest of the whale, or at all events to purchase from the indians a parcel of the blubber, for this purpose I made up a Small assortment of merchindize, and directed the men to hold themselves in readiness &c. H2 anchor
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

in remote country houses a

I know there does still linger among maiden ladies in remote country houses a notion that English schoolboys are taught to tell the truth, but it cannot be maintained seriously for a moment.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

in records called Horsepoole and

In West Smithfield there was a pool, in records called Horsepoole, and one other pool near unto the parish church of St. Giles without Cripplegate.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

it Roger caught his arm

Now as Beltane stood to watch this, grim-lipped, for it needed but few to man the barricade, so narrow was it, Roger caught his arm and pointed to the housetops above them; and what he saw, others saw also, and a cry went up of wonder and amaze.
— from Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol

Important reciprocal conventions have also

Important reciprocal conventions have also been concluded with France and with the Argentine Republic.
— from A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by William McKinley

in return called his attention

She had in return called his attention to the works of American authors who had hitherto been little more than names to him, and they had thus managed to be of mutual benefit to each other, and to spend many a pleasant hour during the long winter afternoons in each other’s company.
— from Tales from Two Hemispheres by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

interested Robert C Hall a

John McKane interested Robert C. Hall, a member of the Pittsburg Stock Exchange, in the proposition.
— from My Adventures with Your Money by George Graham Rice

I replied congratulating him and

I replied congratulating him, and expressing a hope that he would call as soon as he returned to town.
— from The Bond of Black by William Le Queux

in return called him a

Whereon the professor, in return, called him a regular Pharisee; and probably he was quite right too.
— from The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Charles Kingsley

it Robbie cried Hold a

When they came up to it, Robbie cried, “Hold a minute!”
— from The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

in respectable commercial houses and

The price asked by the seller has, I believe, in respectable commercial houses, and respectable shops, very approximate relation to the price paid by the buyer.
— from Arrows of the Chace, vol. 2/2 being a collection of scattered letters published chiefly in the daily newspapers 1840-1880 by John Ruskin

I remember coming here after

"I remember coming here after my father died," Susan said.
— from Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris

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