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I sometimes think of recalling you
He concluded the conversation with these words:—"Bourrienne, I sometimes think of recalling you; but as there is no good pretext for so doing, the world would say that I have need of you, and I wish it to be known that I stand in need of nobody."
— from Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 07 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

is shut the ocean roars you
You must be altogether within the house of God, within the walls of salvation, to be sound and safe from all injury; if you wander and walk abroad ever so little, if you carelessly thrust hand or foot [47] out of the ship, if you stir up ever so small a mutiny in the crew, you shall be thrust forth: the door is shut, the ocean roars: you are undone! . . .
— from Blessed Edmund Campion by Louise Imogen Guiney

I should think of returning your
Now I’ve my pretty guinea-hen safe once more, I should think of returning your money.”
— from The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth

I should think of returning your
Now I've my pretty guinea-hen safe once more, I should think of returning your money.' 'No!
— from The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth

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