"lasint" hidden in books

last and should it not the

The next war may not turn out like the last, and should it not, the advocates for reconciliation now will be wishing for separation then, because, neutrality in that case, would be a safer convoy than a man of war.
— from Common Sense by Thomas Paine

love and should it not time

This, too, is attributed to him:— Hunger checks love; and should it not, time does.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

life and strength I named this

This being the day of the restoration of king Charles the Second, and the name not being inapplicable to our present situation (for we were restored to fresh life and strength), I named this Restoration Island; for I thought it probable that captain Cook might not have taken notice of it.
— from A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's Boat by William Bligh

LORD and say Is not the

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us?
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 33: Micah by Anonymous

large and small islands near the

The wild geese first flew over a belt of large and small islands near the coast, then over a broad expanse of open sea, till they reached the large cluster known as the Väder Islands.
— from The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf

like a stone Is numbed too

I have no wit, no words, no tears; My heart within me like a stone Is numbed too much for hopes or fears; Look right, look left, I dwell alone; I lift mine eyes, but dimmed with grief No everlasting hills I see; My life is in the falling leaf: O Jesus, quicken me!
— from Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti

least a single item narrating the

There are few issues of the daily newspaper without at least a single item narrating the fall of a clergyman.
— from Crimes of Preachers in the United States and Canada by M. E. Billings

Lord and say Is not the

This is invariably the atmosphere that prevails when ecclesiastical history repeats itself in corruption; it had been true of more than two or three generations, though obviously unseen save by a few of those contemporary with the times, that in Jerusalem, 'the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say: Is not the Lord among us?
— from Towards the Great Peace by Ralph Adams Cram

long ago said I No that

“I can't understand why the Captain hasn't taken and burnt them long ago,” said I. “No, that's all wrong,” said Nils.
— from Wanderers by Knut Hamsun

lets a stroller in None touch

[22] "'Varlet!' replied the abbot, 'cease your din; This is no season alms and prayers to give; My porter never lets a stroller in; None touch my ring who not in honor live.'
— from Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. 1 (of 2) by William Howitt

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