Many users routinely keep captured online information on their hard disks for later reference.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno
Mukáun ug ransiyu kay ulit, He’ll even eat spoiled food, he is such a glutton.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
My uncle Ro knew more of the Indians, and of their habits, than any one else of our party, unless it might be my grandmother.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
At this moment up rushed Kitty, and elbowed Betty away from Miss Grey’s side.
— from The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales by Amy Walton
All the arguments upon which a man who is telling the private affairs of another may ground his confidence in security, he must upon reflection know to be uncertain, because he finds them without effect upon himself.
— from The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Being a collection of select pieces from our best modern writers, calculated to eradicate vulgar prejudices and rusticity of manners, improve the understanding, rectify the will, purify the passions, direct the minds of youth to the pursuit of proper objects, and to facilitate their reading, writing, and speaking the English language with elegance and propriety by John Hamilton Moore
What drew him magnetically was the tall archway leading to the mysterious upper regions known as the garret, where strange old women lived in hermit cells, and whence disturbing noises issued day and night.
— from The Soul of a Child by Edwin Björkman
She was a woman who would have a good many undesirable relatives knocking about.
— from This House to Let by William Le Queux
In their motley uniforms, regulation khaki or linen alternating with tight charro suits and peon cottons, they were exceedingly picturesque, and not a man of them but was belted or bandoliered with at least fifteen pounds of shining brass cartridges.
— from Over the Border: A Novel by Herman Whitaker
[64] At this moment up rushed Kitty, and elbowed Betty away from Miss Grey's side.
— from The Kitchen Cat and Other Stories by Amy Walton
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