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"We put in Mr. Mottisfont at the last election, your lordship's interest just tipping the scale.
— from The Great House by Stanley John Weyman
The group exchanged inquiring glances in silence for a moment, and then Litizki exclaimed: "You see, friends!
— from The Mission of Poubalov by Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) Burton
They'll be hangin' me up by my heels an' stickin' a corn-cob in my mouth next, I s'pose, an' makin' a regular stuck-pig out o' me; an' then likely enough you'll try t' make me believe that that proves something or other that nobody but you thinks ever happened, an' so want me t' feel pleased about it.
— from The Aztec Treasure-House by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
"Sire," replied the intendant of the gardens, "I have received so many obligations from your majesty and the late emperor your father, of happy memory, that I desire no more than the honor of being assured of your continued favor."
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Anonymous
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