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lord expressly forbade that you should
"The German doctor lord expressly forbade that you should raise your head from the pillow till he had seen you again."
— from The Pursuit by Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile

la enfermedad felicísimo tránsito y suntuosas
The volume, edited by Hoyos, is entitled the Historia y relación verdadera de la enfermedad, felicísimo tránsito y suntuosas exequias fúnebres de la Serenísima Reina de España, Doña Isabel de Valois .
— from A History of Spanish Literature by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

long end from the yaller sash
He cut a long end from the yaller sash and tied it around the mascot's stomach.
— from Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley

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