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lost in making every dependent
The Crofts were to have possession at Michaelmas; and as Sir Walter proposed removing to Bath in the course of the preceding month, there was no time to be lost in making every dependent arrangement.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

love in me es Dios
No es, doña Inés, Satanás Doña Inés, it is not Satan, in sin, quien pone este amor en mí; who creates this love in me: es Dios, que quiere por ti it is God, who wants, perhaps ganarme para
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

lightness in men every day
[444] Seneca calls that of Epicurus, magnificam vocem , an heroical speech, A fool still begins to live, and accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

life in my early days
Both had an influence in determining both the method of my preaching and the manner of my life in my early days.
— from Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker

Look into my eyes dear
"Look into my eyes, dear.
— from Aaron the Jew: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

Limerick in my early days
Card-cutters were pretty common in Limerick in my early days: but it was regarded as disreputable to have any dealings with them.
— from English As We Speak It in Ireland by P. W. (Patrick Weston) Joyce

look into my eyes drink
Give me your hand, look into my eyes, drink with me….
— from The Mischief-Maker by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Look into my eyes daughter
"Look into my eyes, daughter of The Warlord," he said, "and tell me that you do not wish the love of Turan, the panthan.
— from The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

lesquelles il marche et deux
Il a deux pattes de derrière sur lesquelles il marche, et deux pattes de devant dont il fait usage pour tenir les journaux.
— from The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes


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