Are ye not sendin' them in the heighth of good livin' every day?”
— from Back to Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce
Here, in one Grave, more than one Grave lies— Envious Death at last hath gained his prize; No pills or potions could make Death tarry, Resolved he was to fetch away Old Harry.
— from Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs by Horatio Edward Norfolk
Two of the officers generally landed every day.
— from In Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian War of Independence by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
And the little electric flashes went with us, in the grass, Tiny lighthouses, little souls of lanterns, courage burst into an explosion of green light Everywhere down in the grass, where darkness was ravelled in darkness.
— from Look! We Have Come Through! by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
But all his debating and writing, all his studying, did not fill my father's pockets; they, like their owner, grew leaner every day.
— from Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume 1 (of 2) With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh Edition by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner
Beautifully printed in two colors in Old English Text and giving the seven articles of belief of the true vitosophist, expressing rationally his belief in and relation to the subjects of God, Life Eternal, Death, Immortality, Evil and Good, the forces of Nature, the practice of the Virtues and the attainment of Happiness.
— from How to Become Rich: A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by William Windsor
Pictures of all sorts from the genuine oil painting, &c. prints of good line engraving down to the common caricature daubs, are numerously hung in every part of the hut.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone
Read a piece of good literature every day.
— from Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College by Charles Franklin Thwing
"The bounds are those which are set up of archers, and of greyhounds ( lefrers et de establie ) and watchers, and on that account I have blown one moot and recheated on the hounds.
— from The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting by of Norwich Edward
omnibusque glorificare laudare eumdem Dominum et Redemptorem nostrum et in eodem
— from The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E. P. (Edward Payson) Evans
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