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maldecir la perfidia y
y en condenar y maldecir la perfidia y crueldad de los invasores, vamos a narrar hoy un hecho que, sin entibiar en el corazón el amor a la patria, fortifica otro sentimiento no menos sublime y profundamente cristiano:—el amor a nuestro prójimo;—sentimiento 20 que, si por congénita desventura de la humana especie, ha de transigir
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Mr Lorry perhaps you
“If you had,” pursued Mr. Lorry, “perhaps you would attend to it.”
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Master Lieutenant pray you
Master Lieutenant, pray you, by your leave, How doth the Prince, and my young son of York?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

manifiesta la pintura y
—Restad las arrugas y las barbas, y sumad los treinta años que manifiesta la pintura, y resultará que el maestro tenía (p32) razón cuando decía que ese religioso muerto era a un mismo tiempo retrato y obra de un religioso vivo.—Ahora bien: ¡Dios me confunda
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

my lord provided you
“You may count upon me, my lord, provided you want to make a complete upheaval of the city.”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

my legs Please you
Here I've a place, sir, to put back my legs, Please you to lay it on, sir, [LIES DOWN WHILE PEREGRINE PLACES THE SHELL UPON HIM.] —with this cap, And my black gloves.
— from Volpone; Or, The Fox by Ben Jonson

my lord put your
Good my lord, put your discourse into some frame, and start not so wildly from my affair.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare

my lady prays you
did not I tell you?—Sir Toby, my lady prays you to have a care of him.
— from Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare

may likewise provide yourselves
By this mean you may likewise provide yourselves with a fund of matter for future use, which, without this assistance, the memory would not retain.
— from The Boarding School; Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils Consisting of Information, Instruction and Advice, Calculated to Improve the Manners and Form the Character of Young Ladies. To Which Is Added, a Collection of Letters, Written by the Pupils to Their Instructress, Their Friends, and Each Other. by Hannah Webster Foster

million lei per year
Long-term credits granted during the 1962-69 period amounted to 6.4 billion lei, or an average of 800 million lei per year.
— from Area Handbook for Romania by Eugene K. Keefe

mugeres las paredes y
i, p. 141, quotes from Benavides, Memorial, p. 43, the following account of how the churches and convents in the pueblo region were built: “los hā hecho tan solamēte las mugeres, y los muchachos, y muchachas de la dotrina; porque entre estos naciones se vsa hazer las mugeres las paredes, y los hombres hilan y texen sus mantas, y van á la guerra, y a la caza, y
— from The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542. Excerpted from the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1893, Part 1. by George Parker Winship

my little place yourself
'Would you please to look into my little place yourself, madam?' said a decent-looking woman, who advanced to meet me.
— from Discipline by Mary Brunton

medium long pale yellow
Fruit small or medium, long, pale yellow, tinged with red; flesh melting, juicy, very refreshing; first half of Sept. Bill Campbell.
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick

made ladies pale you
But you like being a butterfly, and when you’ve made ladies pale you’re happy: and there they’re to stick and wither for you.
— from Complete Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

my lord part you
“So, my lord, part you so soon from the Fair Maid of Perth?
— from The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day by Walter Scott

make long prayers you
Because of their blinding the people he said to them: 'You are hypocrites, blind guides, fools; you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; you devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayers; you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of gehenna than yourselves.
— from The Harp of God: Proof Conclusive That Millions Now Living Will Never Die by J. F. (Joseph Franklin) Rutherford


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