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let us call it dining

When a thousand or two live as a single community and dine at one board (let us call it dining), the social bond relaxes.
— from An American at Oxford by John Corbin

laid under contribution is doubtless

A book of this kind, in the preparation of which many previous works have been laid under contribution, is doubtless open to a certain criticism which William Turner, “the Father of British Botany,” anticipated in the case of his own writings.
— from Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany 1470-1670 by Agnes Robertson Arber

low us chillun in de

Didn't 'low us chillun in de white folks' house at all.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Let us cut it down

A Slovack legend describes two musicians who, as they were travelling together, noticed a fine plane tree; and one said to the other, "Let us cut it down, it is just the thing to make a violin of; the violin will be equally yours and mine; we will play on it by turn.
— from Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington, contessa

Lutherthums und Calvinismus in den

Hundeshagen, Die Konflikte des Zwinglianismus, Lutherthums, und Calvinismus in den Bernischen Landkirchen 1522-1558, nach meist ungedruckten Quellen dargestelt (Bern, 1842); compare also vol.
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

looked upon colour in dress

I am afraid Punch meant that they were triflers who looked upon colour in dress as important, and colour in pictures as a thing which would do for a dull day.
— from Stained Glass Work: A text-book for students and workers in glass by Christopher Whall

life universally considered is divided

But we do not say that life universally considered is divided into the active and the contemplative, but that man's life is so divided.
— from On Prayer and The Contemplative Life by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

let us change its direction

But while we have in hand the "telescope of faith" and the revelations of God as our light, let us change its direction a little, and add a new grasping power.
— from The Spirit of God as Fire; the Globe Within the Sun Our Heaven by D. Mortimore

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