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laid a medicinal plaster over

Nagtápal siyag itsiban sa íyang payuk, He laid a medicinal plaster over his bruise.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

label a mark put on

lábil n label, a mark put on s.t. for identification.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

language and my profit on

You taught me language, and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

less a melancholy proof of

Without recapitulating all the circumstances of the reign, every one of which is, more or less, a melancholy proof of the truth of what I have advanced, let us consider the language of the court but a few years ago, concerning most of the persons now in the external administration: let me ask, whether any enemy to the personal feelings of the sovereign could possibly contrive a keener instrument of mortification, and degradation of all dignity, than almost every part and member of the present arrangement?
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

logical and moral primacy of

Nature's values are imputed to her retroactively by spirit, which in its material dependence has a logical and moral primacy of its own.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

laws and may plead or

Now it is not residence which constitutes a man a citizen; for in this sojourners and slaves are upon an equality with him; nor will it be sufficient for this purpose, that you have the privilege of the laws, and may plead or be impleaded, for this all those of different nations, between whom there is a mutual agreement for that purpose, are allowed; although it very often happens, that sojourners have not a perfect right therein without the protection of a patron, to whom they are obliged to apply, which shows that their share in the community is incomplete.
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

life any memorable praise of

There is nowhere recorded a simple and irrepressible satisfaction with the gift of life, any memorable praise of God.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

lower and movable part of

Bever , vii, 31 , the lower and movable part of the helmet.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

look at my piece of

You should look at my piece of land.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

leave and Madame Permon opened

Napoleon then took his leave, and Madame Permon opened the door of the closet where Salicetti was concealed.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.—September, 1851—Vol. III. by Various

loudest and most plaintive of

"The song is the loudest and most plaintive of all the sparrow songs," says John Burroughs.
— from Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes by Neltje Blanchan

lucid and masterly presentation of

“The most lucid and masterly presentation of the Darwinian theory yet written.
— from Ants and Some Other Insects: An Inquiry Into the Psychic Powers of These Animals by Auguste Forel

like a mere pile of

Then, a little further up the pond, and apparently adjoining the shore, he made out another dome-shaped structure, broader and less conspicuous than the first, and more like a mere pile of sticks.
— from The House in the Water: A Book of Animal Stories by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

life a melancholy period of

In this retirement, and the Euxine Pontus, he passed the remainder of his life, a melancholy period of seven years.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Like a Man Penning of

So Simply, Like a Man Penning of recantations, that I suspected Y' had been a part of the monopoly.
— from A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 13 by Robert Dodsley

like a miniature plan of

Laugh on, sweet Stephanie, joyous Josephine (I heard their names from Mamma in search); but be not cruel with your charms, for Love, unloved, can still change men to monks,—forlorn and wretched, though in crowded streets, as he, of whom Percy sang: “Within these holy cloysters long He languisht, and he dyed Lamenting of a lady's love, And 'playning of her pride.” There are some beautiful ferns among and about these ruins, but being a very poor Polypodian, or Scolopendrian (or whatever may be the scientific title of a Fernist), I only recognised the Hart's-tongue,—with its fructification arranged like a miniature plan of ships in order of battle,—and of this I gathered some very fine fronds, and put them in my hat, as will appear hereafter.
— from A Little Tour in Ireland by S. Reynolds (Samuel Reynolds) Hole

Lord Albert made proposals of

Lord Albert made proposals of marriage; and it
— from The Exclusives (vol. 3 of 3) by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

loud and merry peal of

Ha, ha, ha!” Susanna Moiseyevna rolled her eyes and broke into such a pleasant, infectious laugh that the lieutenant, looking at her, went off into a loud and merry peal of laughter.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

like a mere piece of

All these were over, and the quick, cautious, wise and well-stored brain was shattered and ruined like a mere piece of clock-work that a child stamps in pieces with an angry foot.
— from Othmar by Ouida

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