Mugúnaw (magúnaw) ang kandílà kun idangdang mu sa kaláyu, A candle will melt if you place it near a fire.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
[707] Hadji Khalfa naïvely solves this doubt by rolling Masud and Kaï Kobad into one and the same person.
— from The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (1300-1403) by Herbert Adams Gibbons
[ Laughs ] She goes about lamenting, and sings— “My appetite,” KOKO KLÍNGEN [ interrupts ]— “How can I fight,” … BETSY [ chimes in ]— “Some one to chew I long.
— from Fruits of Culture by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
This river, even one hundred and fifty miles from its mouth at Kwala Kangsa, is two hundred yards wide, and might easily be ascended by "stern-wheel" boats drawing a foot of water, such as those which ply on the upper Mississippi.
— from The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
She goes about lamenting, and sings— "My appetite," Koko Klíngen (interrupts) — "How can I fight,".... Betsy (chimes in) — "Some one to chew I long.
— from Redemption and two other plays by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
i ka pepehi mau a kana kane i na keiki mua; nolaila, noi aku la o
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole
A roar came out of the mist and Kit knew it was the beat of surf on a hidden beach.
— from The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Harold Bindloss
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