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know your little EMAG
Emag , game, “I know your little EMAG .”
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

know you like em
I know you like 'em.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

kept you long enough
I have now kept you long enough upon this property of the weight of the air, but there is another thing I should like to mention.
— from The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday

known Your loveliness entrancing
I'm sorry that I've ever known Your loveliness entrancing, Or ever saw your laughing eyes, With girlish mischief dancing; [Pg 84] 'Tis agony supreme and rare To see your slender waist a-girt With other fellows' arms, you see, For I am jealous, and you're a flirt .
— from Violets and Other Tales by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson

kept you low enough
There was old Mr. Hilton, now, that attended all the neighbourhood round when I was a girl; he kept you low enough while the fever was on you, but as soon as it was gone, why then reinvigorate the system,—that was what he used to say.”
— from Henrietta's Wish; Or, Domineering by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

known you long enough
I haven't known you long enough.
— from Dean Dunham; Or, the Waterford Mystery by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

kept you long enough
With sudden movement the general rose: “Well, I’ve kept you long enough,” he said.
— from Found in the Philippines: The Story of a Woman's Letters by Charles King

known you long enough
“I have known you long enough to judge of you,” said the maiden lady.
— from Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience by Alger, Horatio, Jr.


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