memor-i , to remember, keep in mind; rememori, to recall to memory.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed
A black book is keep in most regiments, wherein the names of all persons sentenced to punishment are recorded.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Behold, four Kings in majesty rever'd, With hoary whiskers and a forky beard; And four fair Queens whose hands sustain a flow'r, Th' expressive emblem of their softer pow'r; Four Knaves in garbs succinct, a trusty band, Caps on their heads, and halberts in their hand; And particolour'd troops, a shining train, Draw forth to combat on the velvet plain.
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope
You likewise carry on a clandestine correspondence with some person in the family, of which my honour obliges me to demand an explanation.” “Had your actions been always regulated by the dictates of honour,” replied Renaldo, “I should never have been questioned for riding round that castle, which you know is my rightful inheritance; or excluded from the sight of a parent who suffers under your tyranny and oppression.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett
"I know it, Mrs. Rouncewell, but I am weak—and he has been so long gone."
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens
“An’ kill ’im, maybe,” returned Junkie, with sarcasm in his eye.
— from The Eagle Cliff by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
" "Well, that's what I'm a-saying; all kings is mostly rapscallions, as fur as I can make out.
— from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) by Mark Twain
"As you may know, in my race that means that all body processes are suspended in toto .
— from The Giants From Outer Space by Robert W. Krepps
Come, find the purse; thou knowest I might ransack all Siena and not find a doublet to suit me so well as this; and to think I should let yonder fellow have it for eight-and-thirty shillings!
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio
I did wrong, saying to myself that it was not wrong, and yet all the time I knew in my restlessness that it was wrong.
— from The Wasted Generation by Owen Johnson
Keswick is much resorted to by visitors, as it forms convenient headquarters for exploring the Cumberland part of the Lake District.
— from What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Gordon Home
The first twenty figures on our list, those of the fourth tier up to King Ina, may represent the twenty bishops of the diocese from Athelm to Jocelin, in direct order, since the corresponding series of the fifth tier contains figures which cannot be those of bishops.
— from Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Dearmer
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