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looking out for the young
Yonder are the Misses Leery, who are looking out for the young officers of the Heavies, who are pretty sure to be pacing the cliff; or again it is a City man, with a nautical turn, and a telescope, the size of a six-pounder, who has his instrument pointed seawards, so as to command every pleasure-boat, herring-boat, or bathing-machine that comes to, or quits, the shore, &c., &c.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Lies own father to yourself
What, in the name of the Father of Lies, own father to yourself, was you called at that time?”
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

liberty of forwarding to you
“Please find herewith a contract in duplicate for your next book which we have taken the liberty of forwarding to you.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

labour of forming the youthful
This is a new accession indeed to the hard labour of forming the youthful mind at Limmeridge, and I heartily wish you well through it, Mr. Dempster.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

look out for the young
“You stay quiet, mate,” said Tom, “I will go and look out for the young ones; I shall find them fast enough.”
— from Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading by William Henry Giles Kingston

look out for the young
We've got to the point where the only way to renew it is to look out for the young ones.
— from Tiverton Tales by Alice Brown

labour of fully twenty years
He is the author of many miscellaneous treatises on science, music, the art of teaching the deaf and dumb, &c. But his chief work, the labour of fully twenty years, is entitled Dell' origine, progressi,
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

loving of fathers to you
Whatever he may have been to others, he was the kindest and most loving of fathers to you, and that is all you need think about."
— from My Little Lady by E. Frances (Eleanor Frances) Poynter

Let others forget that you
Let others forget that you were a harlot, but you must remember.
— from The Crushed Flower, and Other Stories by Leonid Andreyev

lost overboard from the yacht
The story of their supposed tragic fate in the North Sea, being reported to have been lost overboard from the yacht Diomeda , is still fresh in the public memory.
— from The Sea-girt Fortress: A Story of Heligoland by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

leaving orders for the yacht
[Pg 40] came aboard, a bit the worse for liquor and with the news that the owner had left for St. Augustine, leaving orders for the yacht to follow.
— from Bahama Bill, Mate of the Wrecking Sloop Sea-Horse by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains

labour of feeding the young
[38] The labour of feeding the young family is a heavy task in which both parents commonly share.
— from Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

lay over for ten years
The matter then lay over for ten years, when it was again stirred by one Guy of Taubenheim, and was eventually settled by an amicable arrangement.
— from Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley


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